पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · November 20, 1939 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.17 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते।

प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः।।7.17।।
"7.17 Of all of these, he who has gained wisdom, who meditates on Me without ceasing, devoting himself only to Me, he is the best; for by the wise man I am exceedingly beloved and the wise man, too, is beloved by Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1996 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1861 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1346
Malayalam Era: 1115
Nanakshahi: 470
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya213.80°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra315.42°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.05°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha231.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.57°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra233.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani3.08°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:40 – 09:02
Yamaganda10:23 – 11:44
Gulika Kāla13:06 – 14:27
Varjyam06:46 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:19 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:40 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:02 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:23 – 11:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:44 – 13:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:06 – 14:27 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:27 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:49 – 17:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:10 – 18:49 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:49 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:27 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:06 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:44 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:23 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:02 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:40 – 06:19 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5041
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841122.27
Julian Day2429587.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.0132°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.48°
🪷 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 (23.0132°), declination -19.44°, EoT 13.70 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: 1939-11-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)