पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · May 23, 1909 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.3 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम्।

असम्मूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।।10.3।।
"10.3 He who knows Me as the unborn, without beginning, the Lord of the universe, he, stripped of his delusion, becomes free from all conceivable sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1966 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1831 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1316
Malayalam Era: 1085
Nanakshahi: 440
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya38.68°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra82.67°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.87°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha62.21°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati133.80°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra46.41°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani357.47°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:22 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:58 – 18:39
Yamaganda11:55 – 13:36
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 16:58
Varjyam05:44 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:10 – 06:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:51 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:32 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:14 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:55 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:36 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:58 – 18:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:39 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:58 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:36 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:36 – 23:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:55 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:14 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:32 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:51 – 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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5011
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1829984.27
Julian Day2418449.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.5872°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.64°
🪷 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 (22.5872°), declination 20.41°, EoT 3.40 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: 1909-05-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)