पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 13, 3142 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.16 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः।

अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।।3.16।।
"3.16 Thus he who does not help the revolving wheel of sacrifice, but instead leads a sinful life, rejoicing in the gratification of his senses, O Arjuna, he breathes in vain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3084
Śaka Saṁvat: -3219
Bengali Saṁvat: -3734
Malayalam Era: -3965
Nanakshahi: -4610
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya25.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra35.41°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala311.28°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha33.94°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati227.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra26.95°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani236.67°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:42
Yamaganda13:35 – 15:02
Gulika Kāla06:22 – 07:48
Varjyam06:50 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: undefined (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:22 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:48 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:15 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:42 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:08 – 13:35 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:35 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:02 – 16:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:28 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:55 – 19:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:28 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:02 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:35 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:08 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:42 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:15 – 04:48 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:48 – 06:22 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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-39 · 39 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-14586.73 · -39.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day573878.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.9607° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (-47.9607°) · declination -8.87° · EoT -10.22 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:-3141-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)