पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 19, 3116 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: धनु सङ्क्रान्ति — Dhanu Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Sagittarius; Dhanu-māsa (Khara-māsa).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.38 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।
"1.38 Although these men, blinded by greed, see no guilt in destroying their kin, or fighting against their friends," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3058
Śaka Saṁvat: -3193
Bengali Saṁvat: -3708
Malayalam Era: -3939
Nanakshahi: -4584
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.68°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra275.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.31°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha236.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.91°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra194.23°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani206.77°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:09 – 17:37
Yamaganda11:43 – 13:11
Gulika Kāla14:40 – 16:09
Varjyam06:17 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:48 – 07:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:17 – 08:45 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:45 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:14 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:43 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:11 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:40 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:09 – 17:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:37 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:09 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:40 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:11 – 23:43 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:43 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:14 – 02:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:45 – 04:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:17 – 05:48 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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-13 · 13 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-4869.73 · -13.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day583595.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.5891° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.14° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (-47.5891°) · declination -4.78° · EoT 15.55 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:-3115-10-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)