पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 18, 3111 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 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3053
Śaka Saṁvat: -3188
Bengali Saṁvat: -3703
Malayalam Era: -3934
Nanakshahi: -4579
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya332.33°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra200.33°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala37.04°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha344.96°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.85°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra14.92°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani253.13°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:25 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:49 – 12:08
Yamaganda14:48 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla08:10 – 09:29
Varjyam07:16 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:50 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:10 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:29 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:49 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:08 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:28 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:48 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:07 – 17:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:27 – 19:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:07 – 20:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:48 – 22:28 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:28 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:08 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:49 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:29 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:10 – 06:50 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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 Year-9 · 9 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-3317.73 · -9.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day585147.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.5297° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)228.00° · 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 (-47.5297°) · declination -22.61° · EoT -10.35 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:-3110-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)