पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 8, 2284 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 2.37 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्।

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः।।2.37।।
"2.37 If killed, thou shalt attain Heaven; if victorious, enjoy the kingdom of earth. Therefore arise, O Son of Kunti, and fight!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2341 Īśvara
Śaka Saṁvat: 2206 Raktākṣī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1691
Malayalam Era: 1460
Nanakshahi: 815
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya167.48°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra142.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.80°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha174.35°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati17.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra141.94°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani255.99°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:06
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:45 – 13:13
Yamaganda07:21 – 08:49
Gulika Kāla10:17 – 11:45
Varjyam06:22 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:53 – 07:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:21 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:49 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:17 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:45 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:13 – 14:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:41 – 16:09 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:09 – 17:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:37 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:09 – 20:41 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:41 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:13 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:45 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:17 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:49 – 04:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:21 – 05:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5386 · Kali-5386
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1967089.27 · 5385.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2555554.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.8310° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)336.42° · 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 (27.8310°) · declination -6.03° · EoT 13.23 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:2284-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)