पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 28, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.60°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra352.03°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala117.69°KarkaĀśleṣā P4
बुध Budha225.92°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati0.06°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra235.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani278.77°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:55 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:36 – 16:03
Yamaganda08:48 – 10:15
Gulika Kāla11:42 – 13:09
Varjyam06:22 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Roga05:53 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:20 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:48 – 10:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:15 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:42 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:09 – 14:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:36 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:03 – 17:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:30 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:03 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:36 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:09 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:42 – 01:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:15 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:48 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:20 – 05:53 (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 Śukla Navamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12896.73
Julian Day575568.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8961°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)103.43°
🪷 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 (-47.8961°), declination -8.08°, EoT 16.40 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: -3137-10-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)