पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 28, 2011 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 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।
"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.74°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra212.66°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha265.45°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra237.69°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani172.97°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:58 – 12:19
Yamaganda15:02 – 16:23
Gulika Kāla08:15 – 09:37
Varjyam07:21 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:54 – 08:15 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:15 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:37 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:58 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:41 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:02 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:23 – 17:45 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:45 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:23 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:02 – 22:41 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:41 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:58 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:37 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:15 – 06:54 (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 Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867124.27
Julian Day2455589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0077°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)286.79°
🪷 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 (24.0077°), declination -18.33°, EoT -12.97 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: 2011-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)