पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 24, 1951 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: 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 4.12 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः।

क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा।।4.12।।
"4.12 Those who look for success, worship the Powers; and in this world their actions bear immediate fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2008 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1873 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1358
Malayalam Era: 1127
Nanakshahi: 482
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra109.72°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.67°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha256.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati317.06°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra297.79°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani159.38°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:29 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:18 – 13:39
Yamaganda08:16 – 09:37
Gulika Kāla10:58 – 12:18
Varjyam07:22 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:55 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:16 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:37 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:58 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:18 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:39 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:00 – 16:20 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:20 – 17:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:41 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:20 – 21:00 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:00 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:39 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:18 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:58 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:37 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:16 – 06:55 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5052 · Kali-5052
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1845205.27 · 5052.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2433670.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1694° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.72° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.1694°) · declination -19.43° · EoT -12.06 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:1951-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)