पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 31, 2196 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.76 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः।।18.76।।
"18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.76's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2253 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 2118 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1603
Malayalam Era: 1372
Nanakshahi: 727
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya344.55°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra358.69°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala59.89°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha332.24°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.07°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra3.37°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani266.89°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 15:09
Yamaganda05:51 – 07:24
Gulika Kāla08:57 – 10:30
Varjyam06:22 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:51 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:24 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:57 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 12:03 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:03 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:09 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:15 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:09 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:03 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 02:57 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:57 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:24 – 05:51 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5297 · Kali-5297
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1934757.27 · 5297.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2523222.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.5944° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.19° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (26.5944°) · declination 4.41° · EoT -4.66 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:2196-03-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)