पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 8, 1928 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1985 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1850 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1335
Malayalam Era: 1104
Nanakshahi: 459
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra93.79°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala240.11°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha264.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.09°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra222.93°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani231.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:04 – 17:24
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla14:44 – 16:04
Varjyam07:12 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:46 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:06 – 09:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:25 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:45 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:25 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:44 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:04 – 17:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:24 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:04 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:44 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:25 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:45 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:25 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:06 – 06:46 (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 Year5029
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1836788.27
Julian Day2425253.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.8475°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.79°
🪷 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 (22.8475°), declination -22.41°, EoT -6.70 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: 1928-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)