पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 1, 2178 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.20 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि

व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः।

दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं

लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्।।11.20।।
"11.20 Alone thou fillest all the quarters of the sky, earth and heaven, and the regions between. O Almighty Lord! Seeing Thy marvellous and awe-inspiring Form, the spheres tremble with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2235 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 2100 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1585
Malayalam Era: 1354
Nanakshahi: 709
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya345.16°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra143.51°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.37°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha316.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati14.12°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra13.74°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani36.16°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:02 – 13:36
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla10:29 – 12:02
Varjyam06:21 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 Labha05:50 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:23 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:56 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:29 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:02 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:36 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:09 – 16:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:42 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:15 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:42 – 21:09 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:09 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:36 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:02 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:29 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:56 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:23 – 05:50 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1928183.27 · 5279.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2516648.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.3430° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)160.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (26.3430°) · declination 4.55° · EoT -4.34 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:2178-04-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)