पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 23, 485 BCE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.17 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च

तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम्।

पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्

दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम्।।11.17।।
"11.17 I see thee with the crown, the sceptre and the discus; a blaze of splendour. Scarce can I gaze on thee, so radiant thou art, glowing like the blazing fire, brilliant as the sun, immeasurable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -427
Śaka Saṁvat: -562
Bengali Saṁvat: -1077
Malayalam Era: -1308
Nanakshahi: -1953
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya13.07°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra230.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala116.83°KarkaĀśleṣā P4
बुध Budha19.84°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati245.31°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra23.51°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani284.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

☀️ Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:03 – 10:34
Yamaganda13:37 – 15:08
Gulika Kāla06:00 – 07:31
Varjyam06:30 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:00 – 07:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:31 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:03 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:34 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:05 – 13:37 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:37 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:08 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 18:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:11 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 21:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:08 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:37 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:05 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:34 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:03 – 04:31 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:31 – 06:00 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°
Longitude: 82.9739°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year2618 · Kali-2618
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)955893.27 · 2617.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1544358.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.8435° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (-10.8435°) · declination 0.89° · EoT -7.21 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:-0484-03-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)