पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 13, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: विनायक चतुर्थी — Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Monthly Śukla-pakṣa Caturthī; auspicious for new ventures.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2325 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 2190 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1675
Malayalam Era: 1444
Nanakshahi: 799
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya113.23°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra159.93°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala207.51°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha103.34°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati223.93°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra73.47°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani70.90°MithunaĀrdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:41 – 15:19
Yamaganda05:31 – 07:09
Gulika Kāla08:47 – 10:25
Varjyam06:03 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Śubha05:31 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:09 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:47 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:25 – 12:03 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:03 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:41 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:19 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:57 – 18:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:35 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:57 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:19 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:41 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:03 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:25 – 02:47 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:47 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:09 – 05:31 (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 Year5370 · Kali-5370
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1961189.27 · 5369.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2549654.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.6053° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.94° · 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 (27.6053°) · declination 14.55° · EoT -4.56 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:2268-08-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)