पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 2, 2010 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 18.49 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति।।18.49।।
"18.49 He whose mind is entirely detached, who has conquered himself, whose desires have vanished, by his renunciation reaches that stage of perfect freedom where action completes itself and leaves no seed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.49's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra94.95°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala114.51°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha263.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.84°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra255.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani160.30°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:33 – 10:52
Yamaganda13:29 – 14:48
Gulika Kāla06:56 – 08:14
Varjyam07:22 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:56 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:14 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:33 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:52 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:10 – 13:29 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:29 – 14:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:48 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:06 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:25 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:06 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:48 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:29 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:10 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:52 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:33 – 05:14 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:14 – 06:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866733.27
Julian Day2455198.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9927°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)195.33°
🪷 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 (23.9927°), declination -22.94°, EoT -4.15 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: 2010-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)