पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · November 26, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.71 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्।।18.71।।

"18.71 Yea, he who listens to it with faith and without doubt, even he, freed from evil, shalt rise to the worlds which the virtuous attain through righteous deeds." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	219.89°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	132.43°	Siṃha	Maghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	149.52°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha	202.17°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	85.26°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra	263.82°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani	202.25°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 44 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 15 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:58 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:30 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:25 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:34 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:56 – 17:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:08 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla	16:53 – 18:38
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:25 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:27 – 15:48
Yamaganda	09:05 – 10:26
Gulika Kāla	11:46 – 13:07
Varjyam	06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta	08:54 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:24 – 07:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:44 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:05 – 10:26 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:26 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:46 – 13:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:07 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:27 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:48 – 17:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:08 – 18:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:48 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:27 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:07 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:46 – 01:26 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:26 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:05 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:44 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868157.27
Julian Day	2456622.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0472°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	275.54°

🪷 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 (24.0472°), declination -20.93°, EoT 11.91 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: 2013-11-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)