पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 16, 1958 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.30 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति।

सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः।।4.30।।
"4.30 Others, controlling their diet, sacrifice their worldly life to the spiritual fire. All understand the principal of sacrifice, and by its means their sins are washed away." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2015 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1880 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1365
Malayalam Era: 1134
Nanakshahi: 489
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya178.89°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra223.41°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala39.62°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha186.66°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati195.00°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra172.76°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani238.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:10 – 14:37
Yamaganda05:56 – 07:23
Gulika Kāla08:49 – 10:16
Varjyam06:25 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:56 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:23 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:49 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:16 – 11:43 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:43 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:10 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:37 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:04 – 17:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:30 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:04 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:37 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:10 – 23:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:43 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:16 – 02:49 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:49 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:23 – 05:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5060
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1848027.27
Julian Day2436492.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.2773°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.18°
🪷 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 (23.2773°), declination -8.63°, EoT 15.05 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: 1958-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)