पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · October 8, 1911 CE

Also observed today

रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।

"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 1968 Raktākṣī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1833 Virodhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1318

Malayalam Era: 1087

Nanakshahi: 442

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	171.02°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
चन्द्र Candra	349.23°	Mīna	Revatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	48.86°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
बुध Budha	160.64°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	205.10°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	141.99°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	27.57°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 46 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 13 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:17 – 05:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:52 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:21 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:43 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:38 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla	17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:21 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:10 – 17:38
Yamaganda	11:45 – 13:13
Gulika Kāla	14:42 – 16:10
Varjyam	06:21 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta	08:36 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:51 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:20 – 08:48 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:48 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:17 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:45 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:13 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:42 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:10 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:38 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:10 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:42 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:13 – 23:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:45 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:17 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:48 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:20 – 05:51 (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 Śukla Pūrṇimā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5013
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1830852.27
Julian Day	2419317.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	22.6204°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	177.09°

🪷 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 (22.6204°), declination -5.38°, EoT 13.23 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: 1911-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)