पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 7, 1999 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 4.2 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः।

स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।
"4.2 The Divine Kings knew it, for it was their tradition. Then, after a long time, at last it was forgotten." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.44°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra143.91°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala177.49°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha246.08°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati329.01°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra279.16°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani2.94°MeṣaAśvinī P1

☀️ 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)22:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:15
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 Kāla13:31 – 14:50
Yamaganda06:57 – 08:16
Gulika Kāla09:35 – 10:54
Varjyam07:23 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:57 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:16 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:35 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:54 – 12:13 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:13 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:31 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:50 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:09 – 17:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:28 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:09 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:50 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:31 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:13 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:54 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:35 – 05:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:16 – 06:57 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1862720.27 · 5100.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451185.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8393° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)241.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8393°) · declination -22.44° · 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:1999-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)