पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 12, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.2 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्।दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्।।16.2।।
"16.2 harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, renunciation, contentment, straightforwardness, compassion towards all, uncovetousness, courtesy, modesty, constancy," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -427
Śaka Saṁvat: -562
Bengali Saṁvat: -1077
Malayalam Era: -1308
Nanakshahi: -1953
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya148.65°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra301.90°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.27°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha174.77°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra195.64°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani278.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:07 – 08:46
Yamaganda10:24 – 12:03
Gulika Kāla13:41 – 15:20
Varjyam06:02 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:29 – 07:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:07 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:46 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:24 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:03 – 13:41 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:41 – 15:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:20 – 16:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:58 – 18:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:37 – 19:58 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:58 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:20 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:41 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:03 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:24 – 02:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:46 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:07 – 05:29 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)956035.27 · 2617.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1544500.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.8380° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)153.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (-10.8380°) · declination 15.49° · EoT -4.74 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:-0484-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)