पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 31, 2178 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.2 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः।

अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः।।10.2।।
"10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2235 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 2100 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1585
Malayalam Era: 1354
Nanakshahi: 709
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.93°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra66.34°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha297.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati3.44°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra299.69°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani32.99°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:27 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:34 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla06:42 – 08:04
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:42 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:04 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:27 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:12 – 13:34 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:34 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:57 – 16:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:19 – 17:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:41 – 19:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:19 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:57 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:34 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:12 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:27 – 05:04 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:04 – 06:42 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5279 · Kali-5279
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1928123.27 · 5279.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2516588.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.3407° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.20° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (26.3407°) · declination -17.39° · EoT -13.53 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:2178-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)