पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 21, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.90°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra344.87°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.83°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha313.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati5.42°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra303.72°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani285.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:13 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:15
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:36 – 15:56
Varjyam07:05 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:38 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:58 – 09:18 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:18 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:37 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:36 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:56 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:15 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:56 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:36 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:37 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:18 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:58 – 06:38 (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 Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12842.73
Julian Day575622.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8940°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)40.97°
🪷 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 (-47.8940°), declination -22.70°, EoT 1.38 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: -3137-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)