पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 31, 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.18 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः।

स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्।।4.18।।
"4.18 He who can see inaction in action, and action in inaction, is the wisest among men. He is a saint, even though he still acts." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2255 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 2120 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1605
Malayalam Era: 1374
Nanakshahi: 729
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya131.44°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra113.14°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.06°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha145.10°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra128.02°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani285.86°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:23 – 11:58
Yamaganda15:08 – 16:43
Gulika Kāla07:13 – 08:48
Varjyam06:10 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:38 – 07:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:13 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:48 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:23 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:58 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:33 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:08 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:43 – 18:18 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:18 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:43 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:08 – 22:33 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:33 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:58 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:23 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:48 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:13 – 05:38 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5300 · Kali-5300
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1935640.27 · 5299.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2524105.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.6282° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (26.6282°) · declination 8.54° · EoT 0.15 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:2198-08-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)