पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · January 6, 2104 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।

"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2161 Īśvara

Śaka Saṁvat: 2026 Raktākṣī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1511

Malayalam Era: 1280

Nanakshahi: 635

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	259.46°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	1.47°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	97.72°	Karka	Puṣya P2
बुध Budha	238.60°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	277.59°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	226.71°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani	222.65°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 37 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 22 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:20 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:52 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:43 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:50 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:23 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla	17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:43 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:03 – 17:23
Yamaganda	12:04 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla	14:43 – 16:03
Varjyam	07:12 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta	09:14 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:45 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:05 – 09:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:25 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:44 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:04 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:24 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:43 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:03 – 17:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:23 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:03 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:43 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:24 – 00:04 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:04 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:44 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:25 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:05 – 06:45 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°

Longitude: 82.9739°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5205
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1901069.27
Julian Day	2489534.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	25.3060°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	101.00°

🪷 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 (25.3060°), declination -22.62°, EoT -5.88 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: 2104-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)