पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · March 16, 1972 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.23 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः।

यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते।।4.23।।
"4.23 He who is without attachment, free, his mind centered in wisdom, his actions, being done as a sacrifice, leave no trace behind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2029 Krodhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1894 Paridhāvi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1379
Malayalam Era: 1148
Nanakshahi: 503
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya332.09°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra339.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala29.62°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha350.62°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.14°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra16.91°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani38.24°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:46 – 15:16
Yamaganda06:15 – 07:45
Gulika Kāla09:15 – 10:46
Varjyam06:45 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:15 – 07:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:45 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:15 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:46 – 12:16 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:16 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:46 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:16 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:46 – 18:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:16 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:46 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:16 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:46 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:16 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:46 – 03:15 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:15 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:45 – 06:15 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.8467°
Longitude: 80.9462°
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 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 Year5073 · Kali-5073
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852927.27 · 5073.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441392.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4647° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)6.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.4647°) · declination -1.77° · EoT -9.36 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:1972-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)