पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 6, 2152 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.6 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
बन्धुरात्माऽऽत्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः।

अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत्।।6.6।।
"6.6 To him who has conquered his lower nature by Its help, the Self is a friend, but to him who has not done so, It is an enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2209 Krodhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 2074 Paridhāvi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1559
Malayalam Era: 1328
Nanakshahi: 683
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya167.31°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra263.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.65°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha187.52°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati316.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra205.38°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani100.89°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:17 – 11:45
Yamaganda14:42 – 16:11
Gulika Kāla07:20 – 08:49
Varjyam06:21 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:52 – 07:20 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:20 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:49 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:17 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:45 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:14 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:42 – 16:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:11 – 17:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:39 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:11 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:42 – 22:14 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:14 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:45 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:17 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:49 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:20 – 05:52 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5254 · Kali-5254
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1918875.27 · 5253.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2507340.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.9870° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.86° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (25.9870°) · declination -5.25° · EoT 12.68 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:2152-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)