पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · March 16, 1977 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.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.14 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम्।ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते।।17.14।।
"17.14 Worship of God and the Master; respect for the preacher and the philosopher; purity, rectitude, continence and harmlessness - all this is physical austerity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2034 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1899 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1384
Malayalam Era: 1153
Nanakshahi: 508
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.81°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra287.10°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala303.66°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha331.85°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati32.96°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शुक्र Śukra1.46°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani107.03°KarkaAśleṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:16
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 Kāla12:16 – 13:46
Yamaganda07:46 – 09:16
Gulika Kāla10:46 – 12:16
Varjyam06:46 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:16 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:46 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:16 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:46 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:46 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:16 – 16:46 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:46 – 18:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:16 – 19:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:46 – 21:16 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:16 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:46 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:46 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:16 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:46 – 06:16 (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 Year5078 · Kali-5078
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854753.27 · 5078.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443218.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5346° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)315.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.5346°) · declination -1.85° · 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:1977-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)