पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 28, 1976 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.7 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्।।14.7।।
"14.7 Passion, engendered by thirst for pleasure and attachment, binds the soul through its fondness for activity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2033 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1898 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1383
Malayalam Era: 1152
Nanakshahi: 507
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.90°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra339.80°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala243.83°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha270.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati28.08°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra298.32°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani112.55°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:45 – 16:03
Yamaganda09:31 – 10:50
Gulika Kāla12:08 – 13:27
Varjyam07:20 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Roga06:54 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:13 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:31 – 10:50 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:50 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:08 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:27 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:45 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:03 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:22 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:03 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:45 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:27 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:08 – 01:50 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:50 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:31 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:13 – 06:54 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5078 · Kali-5078
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854675.27 · 5077.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443140.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5316° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.5316°) · declination -23.28° · EoT -1.89 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:1976-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)