पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · March 22, 1969 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.8 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः।।13.8।।
"13.8 Humility, sincerity, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the Master, purity, steadfastness, self-control;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2026 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1891 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1376
Malayalam Era: 1145
Nanakshahi: 500
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra23.65°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala226.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha322.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.24°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra3.71°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani2.22°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:08 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:11 – 10:43
Yamaganda13:45 – 15:16
Gulika Kāla06:09 – 07:40
Varjyam06:39 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:09 – 07:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:40 – 09:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:11 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:43 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:14 – 13:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:45 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:16 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:47 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:18 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:47 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:16 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:45 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:14 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:43 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:11 – 04:40 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:40 – 06:09 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5070 · Kali-5070
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851837.27 · 5070.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440302.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4230° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.4230°) · declination 0.50° · EoT -7.53 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:1969-03-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)