पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · July 9, 505 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -447
Śaka Saṁvat: -582
Bengali Saṁvat: -1097
Malayalam Era: -1328
Nanakshahi: -1973
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya116.07°KarkaĀśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra74.29°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala14.41°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha120.01°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati2.19°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra83.71°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani46.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 21 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:24 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:21 – 12:03
Yamaganda15:28 – 17:10
Gulika Kāla06:56 – 08:38
Varjyam05:48 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:13 – 06:56 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:56 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:38 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:21 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:03 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:28 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:10 – 18:52 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:52 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:10 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:28 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:03 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:21 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:38 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:56 – 05:13 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year2598 · Kali-2598
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)948696.27 · 2597.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1537161.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-11.1187° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)318.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (-11.1187°) · declination 22.60° · EoT -4.83 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:-0504-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)