पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · February 1, 1946 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.45 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा

भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे।

तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं

प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.45।।
"11.45 I rejoice that I have seen what never man saw before; yet, O Lord! I am overwhelmed with fear. Please take again the Form I know. Be merciful, O Lord! thou Who are the Home of the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2003 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1868 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1353
Malayalam Era: 1122
Nanakshahi: 477
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya288.49°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra274.59°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala84.59°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha282.21°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati185.23°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra289.12°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani87.10°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:25 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:58 – 12:20
Yamaganda15:04 – 16:26
Gulika Kāla08:14 – 09:36
Varjyam07:20 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:52 – 08:14 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:14 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:36 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:58 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:20 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:04 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:26 – 17:48 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:48 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:26 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:04 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:20 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:58 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:36 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:14 – 06:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.8467°
Longitude: 80.9462°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5047 · Kali-5047
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1843387.27 · 5047.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2431852.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0998° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.0998°) · declination -17.31° · EoT -13.69 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1946-02-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)