पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · December 6, 1917 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.67 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन।न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति।।18.67।।
"18.67 Speak not this to one who has not practised austerities, or to him who does not love, or who will not listen, or who mocks." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.67's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1974 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1839 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1324
Malayalam Era: 1093
Nanakshahi: 448
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya230.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra134.67°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala145.31°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha249.03°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.27°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra278.95°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani112.30°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:10 – 14:30
Yamaganda06:31 – 07:51
Gulika Kāla09:10 – 10:30
Varjyam06:57 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:31 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:51 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:10 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 11:50 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:50 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:10 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:30 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:49 – 17:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:09 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:49 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:30 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:10 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:50 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 03:10 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:10 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:51 – 06:31 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5019
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1833103.27
Julian Day2421568.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.7065°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)264.98°
🪷 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 (22.7065°), declination -22.40°, EoT 8.14 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: 1917-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)