पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 21, 1999 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.4 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते।

सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते।।6.4।।
"6.4 When a man renounces even the thought of initiating action, when he is not interested in sense objects or any results which may flow from his acts, then in truth he understands spirituality." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra20.91°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.30°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha333.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati344.50°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra9.35°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani8.26°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:39 – 18:10
Yamaganda12:06 – 13:37
Gulika Kāla15:08 – 16:39
Varjyam06:33 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:02 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:33 – 09:04 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:04 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:35 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:06 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:37 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:08 – 16:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:39 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:10 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:39 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:08 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:37 – 00:06 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:06 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:35 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:04 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:33 – 06:02 (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 Time

Kali Year5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862793.27
Julian Day2451258.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.8421°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.08°
🪷 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 (23.8421°), declination -0.01°, EoT -7.84 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: 1999-03-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)