पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 3, 1961 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.3 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता।

भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत।।16.3।।
"16.3 Valour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hate and vanity; these are his who possesses the Godly Qualities, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2018 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1883 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1368
Malayalam Era: 1137
Nanakshahi: 492
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya166.28°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra92.40°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala188.05°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha192.27°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati274.85°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra138.70°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani270.58°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:45 – 16:14
Yamaganda08:48 – 10:17
Gulika Kāla11:46 – 13:15
Varjyam06:20 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · 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 Roga05:50 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:19 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:48 – 10:17 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:17 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:46 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:15 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:45 – 16:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:14 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:43 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:14 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:45 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:15 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:46 – 01:17 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:17 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:48 – 04:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:19 – 05:50 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5063
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849110.27
Julian Day2437575.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.3187°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.16°
🪷 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 (23.3187°), declination -3.80°, EoT 11.79 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: 1961-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)