पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · September 20, 1918 CE

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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 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।

"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 1975 Prajāpati

Śaka Saṁvat: 1840 Kālayukta

Bengali Saṁvat: 1325

Malayalam Era: 1094

Nanakshahi: 449

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	153.54°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra	326.35°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	210.60°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
बुध Budha	137.07°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	80.50°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra	138.10°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani	120.64°	Siṃha	Maghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 13 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 47 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:07 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:43 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:26 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:53 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:57 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla	17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:26 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:19 – 11:51
Yamaganda	14:54 – 16:26
Gulika Kāla	07:16 – 08:48
Varjyam	06:15 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta	08:35 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:44 – 07:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:16 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:48 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:19 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:51 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:22 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:54 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:26 – 17:57 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:57 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:26 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:54 – 22:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:22 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:51 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:19 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:48 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:16 – 05:44 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Bhādrapadā 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	5020
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1833391.27
Julian Day	2421856.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	22.7175°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	172.51°

🪷 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 (22.7175°), declination 1.49°, EoT 7.35 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: 1918-09-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)