पञ्चाङ्ग — Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh · January 13, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.66°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra34.76°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha285.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati308.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra261.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani289.14°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:33 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:36 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:37 – 14:57
Yamaganda06:58 – 08:18
Gulika Kāla09:38 – 10:58
Varjyam07:25 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:58 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:18 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:38 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:58 – 12:17 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:17 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:37 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:57 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:16 – 17:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:36 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:16 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:57 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:37 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:17 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:58 – 03:38 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:38 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:18 – 06:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871127.27
Julian Day2459592.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1608°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)123.93°
🪷 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 (24.1608°), declination -21.51°, EoT -8.64 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: 2022-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)