पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 25, 2159 CE

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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.24 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं

व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्।

दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा

धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो।।11.24।।
"11.24 When I see Thee, touching the Heavens, glowing with colour, with open mouth and wide open fiery eyes, I am terrified. O My Lord! My courage and peace of mind desert me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2216 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 2081 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1566
Malayalam Era: 1335
Nanakshahi: 690
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.70°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra342.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.95°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha294.68°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati166.42°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra308.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani180.81°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 06:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:50 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:32 – 14:54
Yamaganda06:44 – 08:06
Gulika Kāla09:27 – 10:49
Varjyam07:11 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:44 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:06 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:27 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:10 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:10 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:32 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:54 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:15 – 17:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:37 – 19:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:15 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:54 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:32 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:10 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:27 – 05:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:06 – 06:44 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5260 · Kali-5260
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1921177.27 · 5260.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2509642.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.0750° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)66.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (26.0750°) · declination -19.07° · EoT -12.31 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:2159-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)