पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 20, 2161 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2218 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 2083 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1568
Malayalam Era: 1337
Nanakshahi: 692
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.31°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra103.41°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.21°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha145.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati218.41°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra94.20°KarkaPuṣya P1
शनि Śani198.81°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:38 – 15:15
Yamaganda05:34 – 07:10
Gulika Kāla08:47 – 10:24
Varjyam06:06 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Śubha05:34 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:10 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:47 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:24 – 12:01 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:01 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:38 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:15 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:52 – 18:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:29 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:52 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:15 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:38 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:01 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:24 – 02:47 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:47 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:10 – 05:34 (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 Year5263 · Kali-5263
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1922115.27 · 5262.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2510580.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.1109° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.98° · 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 (26.1109°) · declination 12.37° · EoT -3.05 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:2161-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)