पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 28, 1824 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
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🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1881 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1746 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1231
Malayalam Era: 1000
Nanakshahi: 355
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.22°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra181.34°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala203.58°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha160.64°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati102.80°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra143.76°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani47.46°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 56 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 Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:48 – 10:23
Yamaganda13:35 – 15:10
Gulika Kāla05:36 – 07:12
Varjyam06:08 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:36 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:12 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:48 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:23 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:35 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:35 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:10 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:46 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:21 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:46 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:10 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:35 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:23 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:48 – 04:12 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:12 – 05:36 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year4926 · Kali-4926
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1799036.27 · 4925.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2387501.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.4036° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (21.4036°) · declination 9.82° · 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:1824-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)