पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · November 18, 2007 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.2 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचत्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां श्रृणु।।17.2।।
"17.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Man has an inherent faith in one or another of the Qualities -Purity, Passion and Ignorance. Now listen." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.34°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra302.63°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala78.31°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha195.01°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati239.86°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra165.94°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani133.51°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:55 – 17:16
Yamaganda11:52 – 13:13
Gulika Kāla14:34 – 15:55
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:28 – 07:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:49 – 09:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:10 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:31 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:52 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:13 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:34 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:55 – 17:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:16 – 18:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:55 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:34 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:13 – 23:52 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:52 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:31 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:10 – 04:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:49 – 06:28 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865957.27 · 5108.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454422.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9631° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.9631°) · declination -19.09° · EoT 14.21 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:2007-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)