पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 16, 2197 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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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.9 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।

जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु।।7.9।।
"7.9 I am the Fragrance of earth, the Brilliance of fire. I am the Life Force in all beings, and I am the Austerity of the ascetics." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2254 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 2119 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1604
Malayalam Era: 1373
Nanakshahi: 728
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.80°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra242.81°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala246.11°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha263.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati229.55°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra263.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani269.96°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:45
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 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:45 – 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 – 16:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:10 – 17:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:30 – 19:10 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:10 – 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 – 06:45 (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 Year5298 · Kali-5298
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1935048.27 · 5298.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2523513.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.6055° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (26.6055°) · declination -20.87° · EoT -9.69 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:2197-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)