पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 27, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.26 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्।

तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.26।।
"2.26 Even if thou thinkest of It as constantly being born, constantly dying, even then, O Mighty Man, thou still hast no cause to grieve." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2216 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 2081 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1566
Malayalam Era: 1335
Nanakshahi: 690
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.90°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra98.40°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala317.21°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha260.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati190.96°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra217.12°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani190.60°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:50 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:19 – 14:38
Yamaganda06:43 – 08:02
Gulika Kāla09:21 – 10:40
Varjyam07:09 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:43 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:02 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:21 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:00 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:00 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:19 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:38 – 15:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:57 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:17 – 18:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:57 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:38 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:19 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:00 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:21 – 05:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:02 – 06:43 (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 Year5261 · Kali-5261
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1921513.27 · 5260.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2509978.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.0879° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)206.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (26.0879°) · declination -23.34° · EoT -1.42 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:2159-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)