पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 4, 1962 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.20 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।

तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।
"7.20 They in whom wisdom is obscured by one desire or the other, worship the lesser Powers, practising many rites which vary according to their temperaments." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2019 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1884 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1369
Malayalam Era: 1138
Nanakshahi: 493
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya228.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra309.61°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala119.10°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha233.36°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati312.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra199.37°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani284.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:29 – 15:49
Yamaganda09:09 – 10:29
Gulika Kāla11:49 – 13:09
Varjyam06:56 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:29 – 07:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:49 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:09 – 10:29 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:29 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:49 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:09 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:29 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:49 – 17:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:09 – 18:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:49 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:29 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:09 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:49 – 01:29 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:29 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:09 – 04:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:49 – 06:29 (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 Time

Kali Year5064
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849537.27
Julian Day2438002.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.3351°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.63°
🪷 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 (23.3351°), declination -22.15°, EoT 8.96 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: 1962-12-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)