पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 28, 2160 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.7 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः।।10.7।।
"10.7 He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My Creative Power, beyond doubt attains perfect peace." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2217 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 2082 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1567
Malayalam Era: 1336
Nanakshahi: 691
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya189.06°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra171.05°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.02°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha177.28°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.09°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra231.15°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani194.68°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:33 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:31 – 15:55
Yamaganda08:53 – 10:17
Gulika Kāla11:42 – 13:06
Varjyam06:32 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:03 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:28 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:53 – 10:17 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:17 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:42 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:06 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:31 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:55 – 17:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:20 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:55 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:31 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:06 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:42 – 01:17 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:17 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:53 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:28 – 06:03 (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 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 Year5262 · Kali-5262
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1921819.27 · 5261.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2510284.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.0996° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (26.0996°) · declination -13.24° · EoT 16.40 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:2160-10-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)