पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · September 18, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya151.25°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra312.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala109.04°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha169.58°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.09°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra193.59°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani194.37°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:00 – 13:31
Yamaganda07:24 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla10:28 – 12:00
Varjyam06:23 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:52 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:24 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:56 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:28 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:00 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:31 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:03 – 16:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:35 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:07 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:35 – 21:03 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:03 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:31 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:00 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:28 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:56 – 04:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:24 – 05:52 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868088.27
Julian Day2456553.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0446°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.03°
🪷 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 (24.0446°), declination 1.87°, EoT 6.61 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: 2013-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)