पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 7, 1998 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: 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 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra11.45°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala291.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha239.60°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.69°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra277.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani350.10°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:13 – 13:31
Yamaganda08:16 – 09:35
Gulika Kāla10:54 – 12:13
Varjyam07:23 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:57 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:16 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:35 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:54 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:13 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:31 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:50 – 16:09 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:09 – 17:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:28 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:09 – 20:50 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:50 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:31 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:13 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:54 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:35 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:16 – 06:57 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862355.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450820.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8253° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.8253°) · declination -22.41° · EoT -6.29 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:1998-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)