पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · February 18, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.18 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते।

सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्।।1.18।।
"1.18 And O King! Drupada, the sons of Droupadi and Soubhadra, the great soldier, blew their conches." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya305.27°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra348.37°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala98.93°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha287.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati313.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra314.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani159.36°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:46 – 15:11
Yamaganda06:41 – 08:06
Gulika Kāla09:31 – 10:56
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:41 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:06 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:31 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:56 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:46 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:11 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:35 – 18:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:00 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:35 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:11 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:46 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:56 – 03:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:31 – 05:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:06 – 06:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866780.27
Julian Day2455245.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9945°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.37°
🪷 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 (23.9945°), declination -11.73°, EoT -14.43 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: 2010-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)