पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 2, 2007 CE

🪷 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 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra57.88°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha254.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati225.20°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra273.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani120.30°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:48 – 16:06
Yamaganda09:33 – 10:52
Gulika Kāla12:10 – 13:29
Varjyam07:22 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:56 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:14 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:33 – 10:52 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:52 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:10 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:48 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:06 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:25 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:06 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:48 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:10 – 01:52 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:52 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:33 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:14 – 06:56 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865637.27
Julian Day2454102.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9508°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.21°
🪷 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 (23.9508°), declination -22.96°, EoT -4.15 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: 2007-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)