पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 16, 3130 BCE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3072
Śaka Saṁvat: -3207
Bengali Saṁvat: -3722
Malayalam Era: -3953
Nanakshahi: -4598
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya174.58°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra85.20°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala149.45°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha200.73°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra145.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani21.31°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:35 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:15 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:22 – 17:02
Yamaganda08:42 – 10:22
Gulika Kāla12:02 – 13:42
Varjyam05:55 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:22 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:02 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:42 – 10:22 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:22 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:02 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:22 – 17:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:02 – 18:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:43 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:02 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:22 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:02 – 01:22 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:22 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:42 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:02 – 05:22 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year-27
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-10047.73
Julian Day578417.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.7871°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)270.62°
🪷 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 (-47.7871°), declination 18.57°, EoT -3.97 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: -3129-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)