पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 22, 3137 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 17.5 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः।दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः।।17.5।।
"17.5 Those who practise austerities not commanded by scripture, who are slaves to hypocrisy and egotism, who are carried away by the fury of desire and passion," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3079
Śaka Saṁvat: -3214
Bengali Saṁvat: -3729
Malayalam Era: -3960
Nanakshahi: -4605
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya63.94°MithunaMṛgaśīrṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra157.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.38°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha85.00°MithunaPunarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati32.71°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शुक्र Śukra95.01°KarkaPuṣya P1
शनि Śani291.49°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:31 – 15:05
Yamaganda05:41 – 07:15
Gulika Kāla08:49 – 10:23
Varjyam06:12 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:41 – 07:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:15 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:49 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:23 – 11:57 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:57 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:31 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:05 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:38 – 18:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:12 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:38 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:05 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:31 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:57 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:23 – 02:49 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:49 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:15 – 05:41 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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-34 · 34 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12719.73 · -34.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day575745.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.8893° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (-47.8893°) · declination 6.31° · EoT 1.40 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:-3136-04-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)