पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · June 28, 1903 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.12 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च।

मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्।।8.12।।
"8.12 Closing the gates of the body, drawing the forces of his mind into the heart and by the power of meditation concentrating his vital energy in the brain;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1960 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1825 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1310
Malayalam Era: 1079
Nanakshahi: 434
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya72.66°MithunaĀrdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra112.19°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.40°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha51.91°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati331.76°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra119.01°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani287.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:20 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:01 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:09 – 18:52
Yamaganda12:01 – 13:44
Gulika Kāla15:27 – 17:09
Varjyam05:44 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:10 – 06:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:53 – 08:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:35 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:18 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:01 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:44 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:27 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:09 – 18:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:52 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:09 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:27 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:44 – 00:01 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:01 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:18 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:35 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:53 – 05:10 (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 Year5005
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1827828.27
Julian Day2416293.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.5048°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.91°
🪷 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 (22.5048°), declination 23.34°, EoT -2.89 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: 1903-06-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)