पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 16, 2017 CE

पञ्चाङ्ग सार — Core Five-Limb Snapshot

Tithi

Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī

28/30 · Kṛṣṇa pakṣa

Nakshatra

Anurādhā

Pada 1 · 17/27

Yoga

Dhṛti

8/27

Karaṇa

Vaṇija

half-tithi 55/60

Vāra

Śanivāra (Saturday)

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: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
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

🌍 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 2.25 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते।

तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि।।2.25।।

"2.25 It is named the Unmanifest, the Unthinkable, the immutable. Wherefore, knowing the Spirit as such, thou hast no cause to grieve." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 2.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	240.16°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
चन्द्र Candra	215.86°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	189.78°	Tulā	Svātī P1
बुध Budha	232.93°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	199.71°	Tulā	Svātī P4
शुक्र Śukra	234.11°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani	245.26°	Dhanu	Mūla P2

☀️ 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)	04:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	15:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 34 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 25 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:13 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:45 – 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	09:16 – 10:35
Yamaganda	13:14 – 14:33
Gulika Kāla	06:37 – 07:57
Varjyam	07:04 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta	09:05 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

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

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

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

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Dedicated festival walk for Dhanu Saṅkrānti · Pradoṣa Vrata 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 Year	5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869638.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day	2458103.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)	24.1038° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	335.00° · 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 (24.1038°) · declination -23.31° · 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:2017-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)

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