पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 16, 1998 CE

पञ्चाङ्ग सार — Core Five-Limb Snapshot

Tithi

Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī

28/30 · Kṛṣṇa pakṣa

Nakshatra

Viśākhā

Pada 2 · 16/27

Yoga

Sukarma

7/27

Karaṇa

Gara

half-tithi 54/60

Vāra

Budhavāra (Wednesday)

weekday limb

Calendar context: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa) · Solar month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Localized descent for Vārāṇasī (Kāśī); the universal day-axis remains anchored to the same date envelope.

Also observed today

प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara

Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1405

Malayalam Era: 1174

Nanakshahi: 529

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🕉️ 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

🌍 Universal Ayodhyā Mathurā HaridwarVārāṇasīKāñcī Ujjain Dvārakā Purī 🌍 + search 152,970 city records

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 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।

"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	240.03°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
चन्द्र Candra	207.84°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	166.35°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
बुध Budha	219.07°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	326.07°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	251.56°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
शनि Śani	3.03°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	04:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	15:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 34 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 25 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:13 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:44 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:33 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:40 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:11 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla	16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:33 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:54 – 13:14
Yamaganda	07:57 – 09:16
Gulika Kāla	10:35 – 11:54
Varjyam	07:04 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta	09:05 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)

Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	06:37 – 07:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:57 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:16 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:35 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:54 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:14 – 14:33 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:33 – 15:52 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:52 – 17:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:11 – 18:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:52 – 20:33 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:33 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:14 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:54 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:35 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:16 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:57 – 06:37 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Dedicated festival walk for Dhanu Saṅkrānti · Pradoṣa Vrata is not live yet; 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 locate the requested date inside this application's declared proleptic model. Kali Year uses 18 February 3102 BCE as a traditional epoch convention; that convention is not proof of Krishna's historical departure date. Ahargaṇa is this model's day-count from that epoch. Julian Day is a continuous astronomical day-number. Ayanāṁśa is the modelled sidereal/tropical angular offset. Sun-Moon angle determines the computed tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year	5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1862698.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day	2451163.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)	23.8384° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	326.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)

🪷 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 (23.8384°) · declination -23.29° · EoT 3.72 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 seva surface · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1998-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)

Sources and Related Local Readings

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