पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 8, 2168 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: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.30 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति।

तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति।।6.30।।
"6.30 He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me, him shall I never forsake, nor shall he lose Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2225 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 2090 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1575
Malayalam Era: 1344
Nanakshahi: 699
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya321.84°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra300.87°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.80°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha315.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati67.31°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शुक्र Śukra307.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani280.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:07 – 16:36
Yamaganda09:12 – 10:41
Gulika Kāla12:10 – 13:38
Varjyam06:44 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:15 – 07:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:44 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:12 – 10:41 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:41 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:10 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:38 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:07 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:36 – 18:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:04 – 19:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:36 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:07 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:38 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:10 – 01:41 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:41 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:12 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:44 – 06:15 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5269 · Kali-5269
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1924507.27 · 5269.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2512972.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.2024° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.23° · 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 (26.2024°) · declination -4.73° · EoT -11.53 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:2168-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)