पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 3, 2136 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
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🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2193 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 2058 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1543
Malayalam Era: 1312
Nanakshahi: 667
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya317.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra318.85°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala90.47°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha320.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.20°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra299.32°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani254.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:43
Yamaganda13:38 – 15:06
Gulika Kāla06:20 – 07:48
Varjyam06:49 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:20 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:48 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:15 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:43 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:11 – 13:38 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:38 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:06 – 16:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:34 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:02 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:34 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:06 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:38 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:11 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:43 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:15 – 04:48 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:48 – 06:20 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
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 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 Year5237 · Kali-5237
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1912814.27 · 5237.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2501279.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.7552° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.67° · 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 (25.7552°) · declination -6.76° · EoT -12.65 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2136-03-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)