पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 28, 1885 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.13 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्।श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते।।17.13।।
"17.13 Sacrifice that is contrary to scriptural command, that is unaccompanied by prayers or gifts of food or money, and is without faith - that is the product of Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1942 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1807 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1292
Malayalam Era: 1061
Nanakshahi: 416
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.09°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra69.19°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala290.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha262.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati132.73°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra263.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani56.26°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:15 – 05:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:48 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:11 – 13:33
Yamaganda08:05 – 09:27
Gulika Kāla10:49 – 12:11
Varjyam07:10 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:43 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:05 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:27 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:49 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:11 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:33 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:55 – 16:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:17 – 17:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:39 – 19:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:17 – 20:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:55 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:33 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:11 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:49 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:27 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:05 – 06:43 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year4986 · Kali-4986
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821104.27 · 4986.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2409569.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2476° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)145.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (22.2476°) · declination -18.18° · EoT -12.97 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:1885-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)