पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · September 24, 1989 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 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: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2046 Citrabhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1911 Śukla
Bengali Saṁvat: 1396
Malayalam Era: 1165
Nanakshahi: 520
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya157.27°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra91.07°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.25°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha159.44°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.47°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra199.81°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani253.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:22 – 17:52
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:20
Gulika Kāla14:51 – 16:22
Varjyam06:17 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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 Udveg05:46 – 07:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:17 – 08:48 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:48 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:19 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:20 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:20 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:51 – 16:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:22 – 17:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:52 – 19:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:22 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:51 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:20 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:19 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:48 – 04:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:17 – 05:46 (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 Kṛṣṇa Daśamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5091
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859328.27
Julian Day2447793.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.7095°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.26°
🪷 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 (23.7095°), declination -0.39°, EoT 8.79 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: 1989-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)