पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 26, 1960 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

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2017 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1882 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1367
Malayalam Era: 1136
Nanakshahi: 491
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.97°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra352.35°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala77.77°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha245.26°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati260.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra295.65°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani266.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:49 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:01 – 09:21
Yamaganda10:40 – 11:59
Gulika Kāla13:18 – 14:38
Varjyam07:09 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:42 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:01 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:21 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:40 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:59 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:18 – 14:38 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:38 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:57 – 17:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:16 – 18:57 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:57 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:38 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:18 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:59 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:40 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:21 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:01 – 06:42 (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 + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5062
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1848829.27
Julian Day2437294.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.3080°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.55°
🪷 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 (23.3080°), declination -23.37°, EoT -0.96 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: 1960-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)