पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · February 15, 1954 CE

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प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।

"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga

Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1361

Malayalam Era: 1130

Nanakshahi: 485

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	302.61°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	90.61°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	220.26°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
बुध Budha	321.29°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	53.36°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra	307.13°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani	196.46°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	15:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 17 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 42 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:03 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:37 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:50 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:52 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla	17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:50 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:59 – 09:23
Yamaganda	10:48 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla	13:37 – 15:02
Varjyam	07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta	09:12 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:34 – 07:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:59 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:23 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:48 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:13 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:37 – 15:02 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:02 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:27 – 17:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	17:52 – 19:27 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:27 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:02 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:37 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:13 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:48 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:23 – 04:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:59 – 06:34 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5055
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1846323.27
Julian Day	2434788.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.2121°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	148.01°

🪷 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 (23.2121°), declination -12.91°, EoT -14.57 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: 1954-02-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)