पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · July 16, 1970 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2027 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1892 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1377
Malayalam Era: 1146
Nanakshahi: 501
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.67°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra231.39°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.51°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha100.39°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati184.13°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra131.00°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani27.46°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:28 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:25
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:46 – 15:27
Yamaganda05:17 – 06:59
Gulika Kāla08:40 – 10:22
Varjyam05:51 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:17 – 06:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:59 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:40 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:22 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:46 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:27 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:09 – 18:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:51 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:09 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:27 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:46 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:22 – 02:40 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:40 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:59 – 05:17 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5072
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852318.27
Julian Day2440783.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.4414°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)142.74°
🪷 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 (23.4414°), declination 21.46°, EoT -5.68 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: 1970-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)