पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · August 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.11 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः।

भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि।।1.11।।
"1.11 Therefore in the rank and file, let stand firm in their posts, according to battalions; and all you generals about Bheeshma." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.52°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra276.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.27°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha122.47°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati333.58°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra88.46°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani9.68°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:32 – 12:12
Yamaganda15:31 – 17:11
Gulika Kāla07:13 – 08:52
Varjyam06:06 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:33 – 07:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:13 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:52 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:32 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:12 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:31 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:11 – 18:50 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:50 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:11 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:31 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:12 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:32 – 02:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:52 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:13 – 05:33 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862567.27 · 5099.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451032.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8334° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.56° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.8334°) · declination 16.52° · EoT -5.48 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:1998-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)