पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 22, 3234 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: सीताष्टमी — Sītāṣṭamī
Birth-anniversary of Sītā per Phālguna-Kṛṣṇa-Aṣṭamī tradition.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.50 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा

स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः।

आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं

भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा।।11.50।।
"11.50 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna showed Himself again in His accustomed form; and the Mighty Lord, in gentle tones, softly consoled him who lately trembled with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3176
Śaka Saṁvat: -3311 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: -3826
Malayalam Era: -4057
Nanakshahi: -4702
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya305.77°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra213.88°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala76.79°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha282.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.06°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra298.07°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani210.09°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:15
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:36 – 15:56
Varjyam07:05 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:39 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:58 – 09:18 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:18 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:38 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:36 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:56 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:15 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:56 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:36 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:38 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:18 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:58 – 06:39 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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-131 · 131 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-47905.73 · -131.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day540559.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-49.2350° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (-49.2350°) · declination -22.76° · EoT 0.91 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:-3233-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)