पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 16, 2157 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: पवित्रोपना एकादशी — Pavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
Confers son; pavitra (sacred thread) ceremony for Viṣṇu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.17 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्ित्रविधं नरैः।अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते।।17.17।।
"17.17 These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may truly be accounted Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2214 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 2079 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1564
Malayalam Era: 1333
Nanakshahi: 688
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.49°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra238.24°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.67°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha96.84°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.65°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra158.67°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani153.96°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:17 – 16:55
Yamaganda08:47 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla12:02 – 13:40
Varjyam06:04 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:32 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:09 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:47 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:02 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:40 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:17 – 16:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:55 – 18:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:32 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:55 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:17 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:40 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:02 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:47 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:09 – 05:32 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5259 · Kali-5259
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1920650.27 · 5258.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2509115.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.0549° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)122.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (26.0549°) · declination 13.67° · EoT -3.97 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 offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2157-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)