पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 14, 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 13.18 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्।।13.18।।
"13.18 It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that is worth knowing or that wisdom can teach; the Presence in the hearts of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.84°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra105.24°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala297.24°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha247.85°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra273.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani350.42°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:15 – 13:35
Yamaganda08:16 – 09:36
Gulika Kāla10:56 – 12:15
Varjyam07:23 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:57 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:16 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:36 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:56 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:15 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:35 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:54 – 16:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:14 – 17:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:34 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:14 – 20:54 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:54 – 22:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:35 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:15 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:56 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:36 – 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 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)1862362.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450827.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8256° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.8256°) · declination -21.36° · EoT -9.00 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:1998-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)