पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 24, 2002 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.5 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता।मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव।।16.5।।
"16.5 Godly qualities lead to liberation; godless to bondage. Do not be anxious, Prince! Thou hast the Godly qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.99°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra36.34°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala339.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha288.06°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati73.77°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra282.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani44.26°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:29 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:39 – 15:00
Yamaganda06:55 – 08:16
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 10:57
Varjyam07:22 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Śubha06:55 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:16 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:39 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:00 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:21 – 17:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:41 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:21 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:00 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:39 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:16 – 06:55 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863833.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452298.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8818° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)118.23° · 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 (23.8818°) · declination -19.28° · EoT -12.06 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:2002-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)