पञ्चाङ्ग — Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh · October 2, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.20°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra176.55°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.85°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha147.77°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.21°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra195.95°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani227.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:24 – 17:54
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:26
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:24
Varjyam06:30 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:01 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:30 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:59 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:28 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:26 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:24 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:54 – 19:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:24 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:26 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:28 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:59 – 04:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:30 – 06:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.4499°
Longitude: 80.3319°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869198.27
Julian Day2457663.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0870°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)13.76°
🪷 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 (24.0870°), declination -3.68°, EoT 11.48 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: 2016-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)