पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 5, 1896 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।

"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 1953 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1818 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1303

Malayalam Era: 1072

Nanakshahi: 427

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	353.35°	Mīna	Revatī P3
चन्द्र Candra	263.66°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	303.65°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha	341.45°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	97.43°	Karka	Puṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra	329.74°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani	206.63°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 31 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 29 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:06 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:43 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:36 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:17 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla	18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:36 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:43 – 18:17
Yamaganda	12:01 – 13:35
Gulika Kāla	15:09 – 16:43
Varjyam	06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta	08:41 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:46 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:20 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:53 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:27 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:01 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:35 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:09 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:43 – 18:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:17 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:43 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:09 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:35 – 00:01 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:01 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:27 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:53 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:20 – 05:46 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	4997
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1825189.27
Julian Day	2413654.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	22.4038°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	267.08°

🪷 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 (22.4038°), declination 6.20°, EoT -3.10 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: 1896-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)