पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 22, 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 7.17 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते।

प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः।।7.17।।
"7.17 Of all of these, he who has gained wisdom, who meditates on Me without ceasing, devoting himself only to Me, he is the best; for by the wise man I am exceedingly beloved and the wise man, too, is beloved by Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3084
Śaka Saṁvat: -3219
Bengali Saṁvat: -3734
Malayalam Era: -3965
Nanakshahi: -4610
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.65°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra8.35°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.05°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha183.66°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati228.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra223.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani233.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:59 – 18:38
Yamaganda12:01 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:19 – 16:59
Varjyam05:57 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:23 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:03 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:42 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:21 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:01 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:19 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:59 – 18:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:38 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:59 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:19 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 00:01 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:01 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:21 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:42 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:03 – 05:23 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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)-14424.73 · -39.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day574040.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.9545° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (-47.9545°) · declination 17.00° · EoT -2.54 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:-3141-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)