पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 1, 2174 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.8 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः।।13.8।।
"13.8 Humility, sincerity, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the Master, purity, steadfastness, self-control;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2231 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 2096 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1581
Malayalam Era: 1350
Nanakshahi: 705
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya102.78°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra138.57°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala215.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha123.57°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati256.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra89.63°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani358.91°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:05 – 08:44
Yamaganda10:24 – 12:04
Gulika Kāla13:44 – 15:24
Varjyam05:58 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:25 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:05 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:44 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:24 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:04 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:44 – 15:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:24 – 17:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:04 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:43 – 20:04 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:04 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:24 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:44 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:04 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:24 – 02:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:44 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:05 – 05:25 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5276 · Kali-5276
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1926844.27 · 5275.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2515309.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.2918° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)39.35° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (26.2918°) · declination 17.99° · EoT -6.02 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:2174-08-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)