पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · April 24, 1996 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.7 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते।।16.7।।

"16.7 The godless do not know how to act or how to renounce. They have neither purity nor truth. They do not understand the right principles of conduct." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ

Bengali Saṁvat: 1403

Malayalam Era: 1172

Nanakshahi: 527

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	10.34°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra	80.49°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	359.66°	Mīna	Revatī P4
बुध Budha	30.57°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	263.79°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	53.80°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani	338.13°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 57 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 02 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:44 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:23 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:30 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:25 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla	18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:30 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:56 – 13:33
Yamaganda	07:05 – 08:42
Gulika Kāla	10:19 – 11:56
Varjyam	06:00 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta	08:29 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

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 Labha	05:28 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:05 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:42 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:19 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:56 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:33 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:11 – 16:48 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:48 – 18:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	18:25 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:48 – 21:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:11 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:33 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:56 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:19 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:42 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:05 – 05:28 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1861732.27
Julian Day	2450197.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.8015°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	71.85°

🪷 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 (23.8015°), declination 12.90°, EoT 1.80 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: 1996-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)