पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · May 11, 529 BCE

🪷 आज: आषाढ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Āṣāḍha Gupta Navrātri Start
Second Gupta Navrātri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -471
Śaka Saṁvat: -606
Bengali Saṁvat: -1121
Malayalam Era: -1352
Nanakshahi: -1997
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya60.30°MithunaMṛgaśīrṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra70.31°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.89°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha44.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati350.20°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra14.17°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani109.63°KarkaĀśleṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:06
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:53 – 18:32
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:34
Gulika Kāla15:13 – 16:53
Varjyam05:49 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:16 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:56 – 08:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:35 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:15 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:34 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:13 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:53 – 18:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:32 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:53 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:13 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:34 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:15 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:35 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:56 – 05:16 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year2574
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)939871.27
Julian Day1528336.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-11.4563°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.01°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (-11.4563°), declination 17.43°, EoT 3.71 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: -0528-05-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)