पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 22, 3149 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: दीपावली — Dīpāvalī (Diwali)
Lakshmi-Pūjā night; festival of lights; Rāma's return to Ayodhyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.21 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचकैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो।किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते।।14.21।।
"14.21 Arjuna asked: My Lord! By what signs can he who has transcended the Qualities be recognized? How does he act? How does he live beyond them?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3091
Śaka Saṁvat: -3226
Bengali Saṁvat: -3741
Malayalam Era: -3972
Nanakshahi: -4617
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya181.45°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra175.59°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.85°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha195.31°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati39.96°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra170.36°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani163.60°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:42 – 10:21
Yamaganda13:40 – 15:19
Gulika Kāla05:24 – 07:03
Varjyam05:57 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:24 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:03 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:42 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:21 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:01 – 13:40 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:40 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:19 – 16:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:58 – 18:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:37 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:58 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:19 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:40 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:01 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:21 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:42 – 04:03 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:03 – 05:24 (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 Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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-46 · 46 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-16980.73 · -46.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day571484.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-48.0523° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)354.14° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (-48.0523°) · declination 16.80° · 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:-3148-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)