पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 30, 1998 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 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra32.18°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.57°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha234.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati327.80°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra269.13°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani2.87°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:09 – 13:28
Yamaganda08:13 – 09:32
Gulika Kāla10:51 – 12:09
Varjyam07:21 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:55 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:13 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:32 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:51 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:09 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:28 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:46 – 16:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:05 – 17:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:23 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:05 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:46 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:28 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:09 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:51 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:32 – 05:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:13 – 06:55 (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 Dvādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1862712.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451177.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8390° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.8390°) · declination -23.19° · EoT -2.80 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:1998-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)