पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 25, 2009 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 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.21°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra267.12°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala267.72°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha271.27°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.05°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra327.83°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani147.05°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:28 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:21 – 17:42
Yamaganda12:19 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:21
Varjyam07:22 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:55 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:16 – 09:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:37 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:58 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:19 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:21 – 17:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:42 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:21 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 00:19 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:19 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:58 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:37 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:16 – 06:55 (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)1866391.27
Julian Day2454856.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9797°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.29°
🪷 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 (23.9797°), declination -18.97°, EoT -12.31 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: 2009-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)