पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 15, 2004 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.26 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।

अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
"5.26 Saints who know their Selves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find Eternal Bliss everywhere." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra281.65°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala208.77°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha228.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.72°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra213.94°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani92.09°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:24 – 06:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:56 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:02 – 13:21
Yamaganda08:07 – 09:25
Gulika Kāla10:44 – 12:02
Varjyam07:14 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Labha06:48 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:07 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:25 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:44 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:02 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:21 – 14:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:39 – 15:57 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:57 – 17:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:16 – 18:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:57 – 20:39 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:39 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:21 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:02 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:44 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:25 – 05:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:07 – 06:48 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864889.27 · 5105.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453354.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9222° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)39.19° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9222°) · declination -23.27° · EoT 4.18 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:2004-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)