पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · April 15, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.45 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
"1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.48°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra119.45°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala83.22°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha359.81°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.11°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra346.80°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani127.80°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:18 – 16:54
Yamaganda08:54 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 13:42
Varjyam06:14 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:43 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:18 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:54 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:18 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:54 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:30 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:54 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:18 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:54 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:18 – 05:43 (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 Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866106.27
Julian Day2454571.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9688°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)116.07°
🪷 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 (23.9688°), declination 9.84°, EoT -0.24 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: 2008-04-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)