पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · July 14, 1988 CE

🪷 आज: आषाढ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Āṣāḍha Gupta Navrātri Start
Second Gupta Navrātri.

Also observed today

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya88.13°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra89.58°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala336.53°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha68.81°MithunaĀrdrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati35.44°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शुक्र Śukra51.87°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani243.61°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:28 – 04:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:08 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:25
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:27
Yamaganda05:16 – 06:58
Gulika Kāla08:40 – 10:22
Varjyam05:50 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:16 – 06:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:58 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:40 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:22 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 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 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:22 – 02:40 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:40 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:58 – 05:16 (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 Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5090
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858891.27
Julian Day2447356.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.6928°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.07°
🪷 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 (23.6928°), declination 21.67°, EoT -5.48 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: 1988-07-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)