पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 16, 2175 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 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2232 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 2097 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1582
Malayalam Era: 1351
Nanakshahi: 706
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.44°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra188.71°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala324.13°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha243.25°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati273.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra298.35°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani352.70°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:06 – 09:27
Yamaganda10:47 – 12:08
Gulika Kāla13:28 – 14:49
Varjyam07:12 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:46 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:06 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:27 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:47 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:08 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:28 – 14:49 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:49 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:09 – 17:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:30 – 19:09 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:09 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:49 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:28 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:08 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:47 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:27 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:06 – 06:46 (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)1927012.27 · 5276.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2515477.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.2982° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)280.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (26.2982°) · declination -21.00° · EoT -9.69 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:2175-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)