पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 8, 2149 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2206 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 2071 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1556
Malayalam Era: 1325
Nanakshahi: 680
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.86°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra161.97°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala139.08°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha126.36°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati213.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra149.48°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani57.23°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:22 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:25 – 12:03
Yamaganda15:21 – 17:00
Gulika Kāla07:07 – 08:46
Varjyam06:01 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:28 – 07:07 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:07 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:46 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:25 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:03 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:00 – 18:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:39 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:00 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:03 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:25 – 02:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:46 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:07 – 05:28 (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 — 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 Year5251 · Kali-5251
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1917720.27 · 5250.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2506185.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.9428° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (25.9428°) · declination 16.10° · EoT -5.35 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:2149-08-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)