पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · July 6, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.38°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra120.19°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala128.52°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha59.05°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.52°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra87.65°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani130.79°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 45 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 14 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 19:04
Yamaganda12:11 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:20
Varjyam05:52 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:18 – 07:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:01 – 08:44 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:44 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:27 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:11 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:37 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 19:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:04 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:37 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:11 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:11 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:27 – 02:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:44 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:01 – 05:18 (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 Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866188.27
Julian Day2454653.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9719°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)39.16°
🪷 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 (23.9719°), declination 22.66°, EoT -4.36 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: 2008-07-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)