पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 22, 3172 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 15.5 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्।।15.5।।
"15.5 The wise attain Eternity when, freed from pride and delusion, they have conquered their love for the things of sense; when, renouncing desire and fixing their gaze on the Self, they have ceased to be tossed to and fro by the opposing sensations, like pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3114
Śaka Saṁvat: -3249
Bengali Saṁvat: -3764
Malayalam Era: -3995
Nanakshahi: -4640
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya181.40°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra5.55°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala66.86°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha182.02°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati66.03°MithunaMṛgaśīrṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra152.98°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani228.60°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 05 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 Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:21 – 12:01
Yamaganda15:19 – 16:58
Gulika Kāla07:03 – 08:42
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: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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 Chala05:24 – 07:03 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:03 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:42 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:21 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:01 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:40 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:19 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:58 – 18:38 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:38 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:58 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:19 – 22:40 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:40 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:01 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:21 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:42 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:03 – 05:24 (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-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-69 · 69 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-25381.73 · -69.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day563083.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-48.3736° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.15° · 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 (-48.3736°) · declination 16.90° · 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:-3171-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)