पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 12, 1893 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.52 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति।

तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च।।2.52।।
"2.52 When thy reason has crossed the entanglements of illusion, then shalt thou become indifferent both to the philosophies thou hast heard and to those thou mayest yet hear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1950 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1815 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1300
Malayalam Era: 1069
Nanakshahi: 424
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya359.99°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra299.98°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.45°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha344.06°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.93°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra356.20°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani167.12°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:59 – 13:34
Yamaganda07:14 – 08:49
Gulika Kāla10:24 – 11:59
Varjyam06:10 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:39 – 07:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:14 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:49 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:24 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:59 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:34 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:09 – 16:44 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:44 – 18:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:19 – 19:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:44 – 21:09 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:09 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:34 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:59 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:24 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:49 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:14 – 05:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year4994
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1824100.27
Julian Day2412565.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.3622°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.64°
🪷 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 (22.3622°), declination 8.70°, EoT -1.04 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: 1893-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)