पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 20, 3165 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.27 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।

सर्वभूतानि संमोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप।।7.27।।
"7.27 O brave Arjuna! Man lives in a fairy world, deceived by the glamour of opposite sensations, infatuated by desire and aversion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3107
Śaka Saṁvat: -3242
Bengali Saṁvat: -3757
Malayalam Era: -3988
Nanakshahi: -4633
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya179.60°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra180.94°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha184.94°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati247.82°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra166.73°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani302.37°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:37 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:22 – 12:01
Yamaganda15:20 – 17:00
Gulika Kāla07:03 – 08:42
Varjyam05:56 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:23 – 07:03 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:03 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:42 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:22 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:01 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:41 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:20 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:00 – 18:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:39 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:00 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:20 – 22:41 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:41 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:01 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:22 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:42 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:03 – 05:23 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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-62 · 62 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-22826.73 · -62.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day565638.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-48.2758° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.34° · 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 (-48.2758°) · declination 17.38° · EoT -3.05 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:-3164-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)