पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · October 20, 1889 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: उत्पन्ना एकादशी — Utpannā Ekādaśī
Birth-day of Ekādaśī Devī herself; first Ekādaśī observed historically.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.27 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः।

प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ।।5.27।।
"5.27 Excluding external objects, his gaze fixed between the eyebrows, the inward and outward breathings passing equally through his nostrils;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1946 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1811 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1296
Malayalam Era: 1065
Nanakshahi: 420
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya184.54°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra128.08°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala145.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha177.79°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati252.64°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra157.10°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani129.75°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:11 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:07 – 17:33
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:42 – 16:07
Varjyam06:36 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:08 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:34 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:59 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:25 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:42 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:07 – 17:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:33 – 19:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:07 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:42 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:25 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:59 – 04:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:34 – 06:08 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.8467°
Longitude: 80.9462°
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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year4991 · Kali-4991
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1822830.27 · 4990.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2411295.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3136° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)304.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (22.3136°) · declination -10.35° · EoT 15.70 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1889-10-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)