पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 14, 3209 BCE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3151
Śaka Saṁvat: -3286
Bengali Saṁvat: -3801
Malayalam Era: -4032
Nanakshahi: -4677
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya174.03°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra35.90°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.51°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha199.49°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.71°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra221.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani150.95°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:34 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:04 – 18:44
Yamaganda12:02 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 17:04
Varjyam05:55 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Udveg05:21 – 07:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:01 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:42 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:22 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:02 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:04 – 18:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:44 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:04 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:02 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:02 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:22 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:42 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:01 – 05:21 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year-106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-38903.73
Julian Day549561.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-48.8907°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.87°
🪷 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 (-48.8907°), declination 18.98°, EoT -4.37 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: -3208-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)