पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · October 3, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.95°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra141.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala118.29°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha190.26°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.94°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra210.58°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani195.92°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:50 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:23 – 14:52
Yamaganda05:59 – 07:28
Gulika Kāla08:57 – 10:25
Varjyam06:28 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:59 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:28 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:57 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:25 – 11:54 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:54 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:23 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:52 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:21 – 17:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:50 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:21 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:52 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:23 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:54 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:25 – 02:57 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:57 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:28 – 05:59 (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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868103.27
Julian Day2456568.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0451°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)335.08°
🪷 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 (24.0451°), declination -3.96°, EoT 11.79 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: 2013-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)