पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 18, 2268 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 7.5 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।

जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्।।7.5।।
"7.5 This is My inferior Nature; but distinct from this, O Valiant One, know thou that my Superior Nature is the very Life which sustains the universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2325 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 2190 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1675
Malayalam Era: 1444
Nanakshahi: 799
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.59°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra303.55°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.91°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha247.13°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati224.60°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra312.93°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani55.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:27 – 10:48
Yamaganda13:29 – 14:50
Gulika Kāla06:46 – 08:06
Varjyam07:13 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:46 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:06 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:27 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:48 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:08 – 13:29 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:29 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:50 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:11 – 17:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:31 – 19:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:11 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:50 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:29 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:08 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:48 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:27 – 05:06 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:06 – 06:46 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5369 · Kali-5369
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1960981.27 · 5369.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2549446.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.5974° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (27.5974°) · declination -20.72° · EoT -10.35 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:2268-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)