पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 18, 3219 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.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.5 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्सांख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते।

एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति।।5.5।।
"5.5 The level which is reached by wisdom is attained through right action as well. He who perceives that the two are one, knows the truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3161
Śaka Saṁvat: -3296
Bengali Saṁvat: -3811
Malayalam Era: -4042
Nanakshahi: -4687
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

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

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.59°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra187.50°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala71.52°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha164.02°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.31°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra197.38°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani12.19°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:15 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:22 – 12:02
Yamaganda15:21 – 17:01
Gulika Kāla07:02 – 08:42
Varjyam05:55 – 06:17
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: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:22 – 07:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:02 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:42 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:22 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:02 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 17:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:01 – 18:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:41 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:01 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:02 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:22 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:42 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:02 – 05:22 (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-116 · 116 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-42552.73 · -116.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day545912.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-49.0303° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.91° · 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 (-49.0303°) · declination 18.12° · EoT -3.53 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:-3218-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)