पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · September 18, 1977 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.47 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga🪷 The Niṣkāma-Karma Sūtra · the founding discipline of action
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि।।2.47।।
"2.47 But thou hast only the right to work, but none to the fruit thereof. Let not then the fruit of thy action be thy motive; nor yet be thou enamored of inaction." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.47's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2034 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1899 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1384
Malayalam Era: 1153
Nanakshahi: 508
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya151.47°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra212.06°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala76.98°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha134.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati70.31°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra121.23°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani121.22°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:27 – 17:59
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:23
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:27
Varjyam06:15 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:44 – 07:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:16 – 08:48 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:48 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:23 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:27 – 17:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:59 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:27 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:23 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:48 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:16 – 05:44 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pañcamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5079
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854939.27
Julian Day2443404.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.5417°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.46°
🪷 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 (23.5417°), declination 1.98°, EoT 6.61 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: 1977-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)