पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 1, 2286 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: दत्त जयन्ती — Datta Jayantī
Birth of Dattātreya from Atri-Anusūyā; tri-mūrti unified avatāra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.5 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन।

तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।
"4.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2343 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 2208 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1693
Malayalam Era: 1462
Nanakshahi: 817
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya220.91°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra31.83°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.04°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha236.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati87.90°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra245.86°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani280.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:56 – 17:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:08 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla16:53 – 18:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:48 – 13:08
Yamaganda07:48 – 09:08
Gulika Kāla10:28 – 11:48
Varjyam06:54 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:27 – 07:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:48 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:08 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:28 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:48 – 13:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:08 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:28 – 15:48 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:48 – 17:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:08 – 18:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:48 – 20:28 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:28 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:08 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:48 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:28 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:08 – 04:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:48 – 06:27 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā + Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5388 · Kali-5388
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1967873.27 · 5387.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2556338.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.8610° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (27.8610°) · declination -21.76° · EoT 10.13 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:2286-12-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)