पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · November 30, 1961 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।

"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2018 Ānanda

Śaka Saṁvat: 1883 Plava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1368

Malayalam Era: 1137

Nanakshahi: 492

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	224.28°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	131.89°	Siṃha	Maghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	228.90°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha	215.70°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	281.38°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra	210.81°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
शनि Śani	273.65°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 41 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 18 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:01 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:33 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:26 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:35 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:09 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla	16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:26 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:08 – 14:28
Yamaganda	06:27 – 07:47
Gulika Kāla	09:07 – 10:27
Varjyam	06:53 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta	08:56 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	06:27 – 07:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	07:47 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:07 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:27 – 11:48 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:48 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:08 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:28 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:48 – 17:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:09 – 18:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:48 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:28 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:08 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:48 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:27 – 03:07 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:07 – 04:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	04:47 – 06:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5063
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1849168.27
Julian Day	2437633.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.3209°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.76°

🪷 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 (23.3209°), declination -21.57°, EoT 10.50 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: 1961-11-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)