पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 13, 2002 CE

पञ्चाङ्ग सार — Core Five-Limb Snapshot

Tithi
Śukla Pratipada
1/30 · Śukla pakṣa
Nakshatra
Aśvinī
Pada 1 · 1/27
Yoga
Viṣkambha
1/27
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughna
half-tithi limb
Vāra
Śanivāra (Saturday)
weekday limb
Calendar context: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa) · Solar month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

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

🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)
🕉️ 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya359.07°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra1.68°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala35.65°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha5.19°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.41°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra20.59°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani47.59°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:48 – 10:24
Yamaganda13:34 – 15:09
Gulika Kāla05:38 – 07:13
Varjyam06:10 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:38 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:13 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:48 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:24 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:34 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:34 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:09 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:44 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:20 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:44 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:09 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:34 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:24 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:48 – 04:13 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:13 – 05:38 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Dedicated festival walk for Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā) is not live yet; 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 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863912.27 · 5103.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452377.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8849° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.19° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8849°) · declination 8.92° · EoT -0.77 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:2002-04-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)

Sources and Related Local Readings

Continue from the complete Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) reading for 2002-04-13 to the universal day, local muhūrta, choghaḍiyā, hora, machine-readable data, Jyotiṣa references, dharmic timing applications, and the surrender boundary.

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