पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · February 4, 1958 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 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: 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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya291.45°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra107.41°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.53°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha273.47°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.48°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra281.90°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani240.08°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:12 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:44 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:58 – 16:21
Yamaganda09:26 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:12 – 13:35
Varjyam07:08 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:40 – 08:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:03 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:26 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:12 – 13:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:35 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:58 – 16:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:21 – 17:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:44 – 19:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:21 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:58 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:35 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:12 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:26 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:03 – 06:40 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5059
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1847773.27
Julian Day2436238.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.2676°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.64°
🪷 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 -16.42°, EoT -14.09 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: 1958-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)