पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 13, 1895 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.2 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन।

प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।8.2।।
"8.2 Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1952 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1817 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1302
Malayalam Era: 1071
Nanakshahi: 426
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.06°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra105.55°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala177.94°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha200.36°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.45°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra147.09°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani196.11°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:06 – 17:33
Yamaganda11:44 – 13:11
Gulika Kāla14:38 – 16:06
Varjyam06:24 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:54 – 07:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:22 – 08:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:49 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:16 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:44 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:11 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:38 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:06 – 17:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:33 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:06 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:38 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:11 – 23:44 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:44 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:16 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:49 – 04:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:22 – 05:54 (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 Year4997
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825014.27
Julian Day2413479.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.3971°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.52°
🪷 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 (22.3971°), declination -7.61°, EoT 14.44 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: 1895-10-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)