पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 25, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.41 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः।।18.41।।
"18.41 O Arjuna! The duties of spiritual teachers, the soldiers, the traders and the servants have all been fixed according to the dominant Quality in their nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.38°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra342.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.42°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha267.56°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.26°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra244.98°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani160.08°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 12:07
Yamaganda14:43 – 16:02
Gulika Kāla08:12 – 09:30
Varjyam07:19 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:53 – 08:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:12 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:30 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:48 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:07 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:25 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:43 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:02 – 17:20 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:20 – 19:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:02 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:43 – 22:25 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:25 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:07 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:48 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:30 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:12 – 06:53 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.8467°
Longitude: 80.9462°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866725.27
Julian Day2455190.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9924°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)96.76°
🪷 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 (23.9924°), declination -23.39°, EoT -0.49 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: 2009-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)