पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · February 3, 1958 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।

"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2015 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1880 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1365

Malayalam Era: 1134

Nanakshahi: 489

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	290.44°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra	92.79°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	246.82°	Dhanu	Mūla P3
बुध Budha	271.99°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	188.44°	Tulā	Svātī P1
शुक्र Śukra	282.45°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
शनि Śani	239.99°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 02 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 57 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:13 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:46 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:50 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:02 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:43 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla	17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:50 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:04 – 09:26
Yamaganda	10:49 – 12:12
Gulika Kāla	13:35 – 14:58
Varjyam	07:08 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta	09:15 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:41 – 08:04 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:04 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:26 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:49 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:12 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:35 – 14:58 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:58 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:20 – 17:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	17:43 – 19:20 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:20 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:58 – 22:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:35 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:12 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:49 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:26 – 05:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:04 – 06:41 (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 Śukla Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5059
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1847772.27
Julian Day	2436237.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.2676°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	161.76°

🪷 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 (23.2676°), declination -16.71°, EoT -13.97 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: 1958-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)