पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 22, 1822 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
🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.2 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव।

न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन।।6.2।।
"6.2 O Arjuna! Renunciation is in fact what is called Right Action. No one can become spiritual who has not renounced all desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1879 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1744 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1229
Malayalam Era: 998
Nanakshahi: 353
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.95°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra187.84°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.81°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha123.08°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra98.81°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani20.36°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 53 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 06 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:37 – 15:14
Yamaganda05:34 – 07:10
Gulika Kāla08:47 – 10:24
Varjyam06:06 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Śubha05:34 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:10 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:47 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:24 – 12:01 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:01 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:37 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:14 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:51 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:28 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:51 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:14 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:37 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:01 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:24 – 02:47 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:47 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:10 – 05:34 (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 Year4924 · Kali-4924
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1798299.27 · 4923.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2386764.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.3754° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.19° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (21.3754°) · declination 12.05° · 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:1822-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)