पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 23, 1893 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.63 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।

स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति।।2.63।।
"2.63 Anger induces delusion; delusion, loss of memory; through loss of memory, reason is shattered; and loss of reason leads to destruction." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.63's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1950 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1815 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1300
Malayalam Era: 1069
Nanakshahi: 424
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya10.74°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra98.39°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala55.59°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha346.39°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.54°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra9.79°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani166.34°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:24 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:47 – 18:24
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:33
Gulika Kāla15:10 – 16:47
Varjyam06:01 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:29 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:06 – 08:43 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:43 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:33 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:10 – 16:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:47 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:24 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:47 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:10 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:33 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:43 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:06 – 05:29 (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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year4995
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1824111.27
Julian Day2412576.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.3626°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.72°
🪷 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 (22.3626°), declination 12.54°, EoT 1.60 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: 1893-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)