पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 21, 2013 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 10.13 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा।

असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे।।10.13।।
"10.13 So have said the seers and the divine sage Narada; as well as Asita, Devala and Vyasa; and Thou Thyself also sayest it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra29.50°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.31°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha278.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra260.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani196.52°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:06
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:16 – 09:37
Yamaganda10:57 – 12:17
Gulika Kāla13:38 – 14:58
Varjyam07:22 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:56 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:16 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:37 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:57 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:17 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:38 – 14:58 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:58 – 16:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:19 – 17:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:39 – 19:19 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:19 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:58 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:38 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:17 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:57 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:37 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:16 – 06:56 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867848.27
Julian Day2456313.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0354°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)110.39°
🪷 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 (24.0354°), declination -19.90°, EoT -11.26 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: 2013-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)