पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 12, 1874 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.32 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्।

सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्।।2.32।।
"2.32 Blessed are the soldiers who find their opportunity. This opportunity has opened for thee the gates of heaven." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1931 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1796 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1281
Malayalam Era: 1050
Nanakshahi: 405
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.63°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra192.89°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala318.08°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha257.62°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.80°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra261.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani282.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:06 – 09:26
Yamaganda10:46 – 12:06
Gulika Kāla13:27 – 14:47
Varjyam07:12 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Amṛta06:46 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:06 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:26 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:46 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:06 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:27 – 14:47 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:47 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:07 – 17:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:27 – 19:07 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:07 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:47 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:27 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:06 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:46 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:26 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:06 – 06:46 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year4975 · Kali-4975
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1817070.27 · 4975.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2405535.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0933° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (22.0933°) · declination -21.68° · EoT -8.27 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:1874-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)