पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 18, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.41 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।

तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसंभवम्।।10.41।।
"10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendour." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra211.06°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala117.12°KarkaĀśleṣā P4
बुध Budha219.20°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati0.02°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra222.92°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani277.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:45 – 10:14
Yamaganda13:12 – 14:41
Gulika Kāla05:47 – 07:16
Varjyam06:17 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Kāla05:47 – 07:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:16 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:45 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:14 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:43 – 13:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:12 – 14:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:41 – 16:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:10 – 17:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:39 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:10 – 20:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:41 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:12 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:43 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:14 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:45 – 04:16 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:16 – 05:47 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12906.73
Julian Day575558.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8964°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.72°
🪷 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 (-47.8964°), declination -4.13°, EoT 15.40 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: -3137-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)