पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · July 3, 1903 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
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BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya77.43°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra181.53°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.62°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha57.42°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati331.97°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra124.08°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani286.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:22 – 04:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:19 – 12:02
Yamaganda15:27 – 17:10
Gulika Kāla06:54 – 08:37
Varjyam05:46 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:11 – 06:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:54 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:37 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:19 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:02 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:27 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:10 – 18:53 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:53 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:10 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:27 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:02 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:19 – 02:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:37 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:54 – 05:11 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5005
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1827833.27
Julian Day2416298.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.5050°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.43°
🪷 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 (22.5050°), declination 23.06°, EoT -3.84 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: 1903-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)