पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 17, 2159 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.2 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।।1.2।।
"1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, approached his preceptor Guru Drona and spoke as follows:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2216 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 2081 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1566
Malayalam Era: 1335
Nanakshahi: 690
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.39°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra242.02°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala267.64°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha167.59°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.67°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra131.78°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani182.81°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:43 – 13:09
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:50
Gulika Kāla10:16 – 11:43
Varjyam06:25 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:57 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:23 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:50 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:16 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:43 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:09 – 14:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:36 – 16:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:03 – 17:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:29 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:03 – 20:36 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:36 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:09 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:43 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:16 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:50 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:23 – 05:57 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5261 · Kali-5261
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1921442.27 · 5260.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2509907.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.0852° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)66.87° · 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 (26.0852°) · declination -9.11° · EoT 15.23 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:2159-10-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)