पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · February 21, 1987 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.32 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च।

किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।1.32।।

"1.32 Ah my Lord! I crave not for victory, nor for the kingdom, nor for any pleasure. What were a kingdom or happiness or life to me," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama

Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1394

Malayalam Era: 1163

Nanakshahi: 518

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	308.20°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra	213.89°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	6.80°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
बुध Budha	320.61°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	334.81°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	264.52°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani	235.94°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 26 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 33 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:58 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:32 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:49 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:07 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:55 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla	17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:49 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:21 – 10:47
Yamaganda	13:38 – 15:04
Gulika Kāla	06:29 – 07:55
Varjyam	06:58 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta	09:09 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)

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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:29 – 07:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:55 – 09:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:21 – 10:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:47 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:12 – 13:38 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:38 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:04 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:30 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:55 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:30 – 21:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:04 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:38 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:12 – 01:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:47 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:21 – 04:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:55 – 06:29 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1858382.27
Julian Day	2446847.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.6733°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.09°

🪷 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 (23.6733°), declination -10.81°, EoT -14.19 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: 1987-02-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)