पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 30, 3166 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.29 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय।।18.29।।
"18.29 Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the Quality which is dominant. I will explain them fully and severally, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3108
Śaka Saṁvat: -3243
Bengali Saṁvat: -3758
Malayalam Era: -3989
Nanakshahi: -4634
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya188.84°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra172.67°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.06°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha186.85°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati222.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra231.51°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani290.44°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:41 – 04:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:42 – 10:20
Yamaganda13:36 – 15:14
Gulika Kāla05:26 – 07:04
Varjyam05:59 – 06:20
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: Vajra (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:26 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:04 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:42 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:58 – 13:36 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:36 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:14 – 16:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:52 – 18:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:31 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:52 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:14 – 22:36 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:36 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:58 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:42 – 04:04 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:04 – 05:26 (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 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-63 · 63 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-23182.73 · -63.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day565282.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-48.2895° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (-48.2895°) · declination 14.64° · EoT -0.18 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:-3165-08-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)