पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 1, 2280 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.12 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।
"14.12 O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act and the beginning of action itself are all due to the dominance of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2337 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 2202 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1687
Malayalam Era: 1456
Nanakshahi: 811
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya344.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra351.10°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala334.48°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha358.27°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati237.70°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra342.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani216.87°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 15:09
Yamaganda05:50 – 07:23
Gulika Kāla08:56 – 10:29
Varjyam06:21 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:50 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:23 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:56 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:29 – 12:02 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:02 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:09 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:15 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:09 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:02 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:29 – 02:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:56 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:23 – 05:50 (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 Year5381 · Kali-5381
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1965438.27 · 5381.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2553903.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.7678° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (27.7678°) · declination 4.66° · EoT -4.34 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:2280-04-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)