पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 28, 1783 CE

🕉️ 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.17 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः।

धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः।।1.17।।
"1.17 And the Maharaja of Benares, the great archer, Shikhandi, the great soldier, Dhrishtayumna, Virata and Satyaki, the invincible," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1840 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1705 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1190
Malayalam Era: 959
Nanakshahi: 314
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra134.82°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala356.96°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha144.44°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati275.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra181.68°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani258.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:54 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:35 – 15:10
Yamaganda05:36 – 07:12
Gulika Kāla08:48 – 10:23
Varjyam06:08 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:36 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:12 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:48 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:23 – 11:59 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:59 – 13:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:35 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:10 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:46 – 18:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:22 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:46 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:10 – 22:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:35 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:59 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:23 – 02:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:48 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:12 – 05:36 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year4885 · Kali-4885
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1784061.27 · 4884.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2372526.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)20.8308° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)0.89° · 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 (20.8308°) · declination 9.85° · EoT -0.81 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:1783-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)