पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 13, 2256 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 4.1 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्।

विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्।।4.1।।
"4.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: This imperishable philosophy I taught to Viwaswana, the founder of the Sun dynasty, Viwaswana gave it to Manu the lawgiver, and Manu to King Ikshwaku!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2313 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 2178 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1663
Malayalam Era: 1432
Nanakshahi: 787
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya325.28°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra157.51°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala20.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha320.92°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati228.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra317.28°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani276.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:35 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:38 – 15:07
Yamaganda06:10 – 07:40
Gulika Kāla09:09 – 10:39
Varjyam06:40 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:10 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:40 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:09 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:39 – 12:08 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:08 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:38 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:07 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:37 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:07 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:37 – 21:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:07 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:38 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:08 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:39 – 03:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:09 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:40 – 06:10 (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 Year5357 · Kali-5357
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1956653.27 · 5357.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2545118.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.4318° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (27.4318°) · declination -2.89° · EoT -10.22 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:2256-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)