पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 3, 2198 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: एकादशी — Ekādaśī
Sacred to Bhagavān Viṣṇu; vrata for purification.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2255 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 2120 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1605
Malayalam Era: 1374
Nanakshahi: 729
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra194.47°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala80.38°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha253.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati251.81°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra209.19°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani278.56°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:03 – 13:22
Yamaganda08:04 – 09:24
Gulika Kāla10:43 – 12:03
Varjyam07:11 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:45 – 08:04 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:04 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:24 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:43 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:03 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:22 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:42 – 16:01 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:01 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:21 – 19:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:01 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:42 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:22 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:03 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:43 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:24 – 05:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:04 – 06:45 (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 Year5299 · Kali-5299
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1935400.27 · 5298.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2523865.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.6190° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)300.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (26.6190°) · declination -22.81° · EoT -4.59 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:2198-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)