पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 28, 2012 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 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra339.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.76°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha276.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.01°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra322.48°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani185.13°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:44 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:37 – 10:58
Yamaganda13:40 – 15:02
Gulika Kāla06:54 – 08:15
Varjyam07:21 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · 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 Kāla06:54 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:15 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:37 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:58 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:19 – 13:40 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:40 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:02 – 16:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:23 – 17:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:44 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:23 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:02 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:40 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:19 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:58 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:37 – 05:15 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:15 – 06:54 (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 Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867489.27
Julian Day2455954.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0217°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)57.37°
🪷 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 (24.0217°), declination -18.39°, 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: 2012-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)