पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 17, 1967 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
गङ्गा सप्तमी · Gaṅgā SaptamīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।

"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2024 Raudra

Śaka Saṁvat: 1889 Plavaṅga

Bengali Saṁvat: 1374

Malayalam Era: 1143

Nanakshahi: 498

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	2.96°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra	82.89°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	181.24°	Tulā	Citrā P3
बुध Budha	340.67°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	92.61°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra	40.21°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
शनि Śani	342.66°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 46 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 13 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:52 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:31 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:32 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:21 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla	18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:32 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:10 – 08:46
Yamaganda	10:22 – 11:58
Gulika Kāla	13:34 – 15:09
Varjyam	06:07 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta	08:33 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	05:35 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:10 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:46 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:22 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:58 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:34 – 15:09 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:09 – 16:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:45 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:21 – 19:45 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:45 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:09 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:34 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:58 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:22 – 02:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:46 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:10 – 05:35 (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 Saptamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5069
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1851132.27
Julian Day	2439597.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.3961°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	83.72°

🪷 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 (23.3961°), declination 10.17°, EoT 0.26 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: 1967-04-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)