पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 26, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: भीष्माष्टमी — Bhīṣmāṣṭamī
Bhīṣma's mahaprasthāna anniversary (Māgha Śukla 8); Bhīṣma-tarpaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.19 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।
"7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he sees God everywhere is very difficult to find." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra5.43°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha279.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.49°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra276.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani271.14°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:49 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:32 – 14:54
Yamaganda06:43 – 08:05
Gulika Kāla09:27 – 10:49
Varjyam07:11 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:43 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:05 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:27 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:11 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:11 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:32 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:54 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:16 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:38 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:16 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:54 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:32 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:11 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:27 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:05 – 06:43 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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)1935058.27 · 5298.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2523523.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.6059° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)88.14° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (26.6059°) · declination -18.62° · EoT -12.54 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:2197-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)