पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · February 5, 2006 CE

🪷 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 18.24 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः।क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम्।।18.24।।
"18.24 But even though an action involve the most strenuous endeavour, yet if the doer is seeking to gratify his desires, and is filled with personal vanity, it may be assumed to originate in Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra19.26°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala29.84°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha298.78°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.36°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra261.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani103.11°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:55 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:28 – 17:51
Yamaganda12:20 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:06 – 16:28
Varjyam07:17 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:50 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:13 – 09:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:35 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:58 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:20 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:06 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:28 – 17:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:51 – 19:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:28 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:06 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:20 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:58 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:35 – 05:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:13 – 06:50 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865306.27
Julian Day2453771.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9382°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.88°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9382°), declination -16.01°, EoT -14.20 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2006-02-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)