पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 3, 2048 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2105 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1970 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1455
Malayalam Era: 1224
Nanakshahi: 579
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.79°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra97.69°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala188.30°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha272.80°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati21.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra221.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani252.26°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:43 – 12:03
Yamaganda14:42 – 16:01
Gulika Kāla08:04 – 09:24
Varjyam07:11 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:45 – 08:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:04 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:24 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:43 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:03 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:22 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:42 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:01 – 17:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:21 – 19:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:01 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:42 – 22:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:22 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:03 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:43 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:24 – 05:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:04 – 06:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5149
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1880613.27
Julian Day2469078.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.5236°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)200.91°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.5236°), declination -22.87°, EoT -4.59 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2048-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)