पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 5, 1956 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.16 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।

"18.16 But the fool who supposes, because of his immature judgment, that it is his own Self alone that acts, he perverts the truth and does not see rightly." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2013 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1878 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1363

Malayalam Era: 1132

Nanakshahi: 487

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	321.21°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra	237.12°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	250.82°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
बुध Budha	298.04°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	120.88°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शुक्र Śukra	4.11°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
शनि Śani	219.91°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	01:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 44 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 15 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:44 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:20 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:47 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:08 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:02 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla	17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:47 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:46 – 09:14
Yamaganda	10:42 – 12:10
Gulika Kāla	13:38 – 15:06
Varjyam	06:48 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta	09:03 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:18 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:46 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:14 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:42 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:10 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:38 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:06 – 16:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:34 – 18:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:02 – 19:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:34 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:06 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:38 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:10 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:42 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:14 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:46 – 06:18 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

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

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5057
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1847072.27
Julian Day	2435537.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.2408°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	274.71°

🪷 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 (23.2408°), declination -6.12°, EoT -12.23 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: 1956-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)