पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · October 13, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.85°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra107.80°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala94.03°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha160.14°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati293.49°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra153.55°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani153.87°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:46 – 16:13
Yamaganda08:58 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:19
Varjyam06:33 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Roga06:04 – 07:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:31 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:58 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:19 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:46 – 16:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:13 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:40 – 19:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:13 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:46 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:19 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 02:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:58 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:31 – 06:04 (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 Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866652.27
Julian Day2455117.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9896°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.16°
🪷 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 (23.9896°), declination -7.76°, EoT 14.44 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: 2009-10-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)