पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 14, 1954 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1361
Malayalam Era: 1130
Nanakshahi: 485
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.50°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra292.02°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala244.62°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha109.90°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.98°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra162.87°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani190.93°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:46 – 10:24
Yamaganda13:41 – 15:19
Gulika Kāla05:30 – 07:08
Varjyam06:03 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:30 – 07:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:08 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:46 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:24 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:02 – 13:41 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:41 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:19 – 16:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:57 – 18:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:35 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:57 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:19 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:41 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:02 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:24 – 02:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:46 – 04:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:08 – 05:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5056
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846503.27
Julian Day2434968.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.2190°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.69°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Engine: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.2190°), declination 14.58°, EoT -4.37 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: 1954-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)