पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · October 11, 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 18.25 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम्।मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते।।18.25।।
"18.25 An action undertaken through delusion, and with no regard to the spiritual issues involved, or the real capacity of the doer, or to the injury which may follow, such an act may be assumed to be the product of Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.25'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya173.85°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra251.75°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.13°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha198.92°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.70°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra219.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani196.81°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:25 – 11:52
Yamaganda14:47 – 16:14
Gulika Kāla07:30 – 08:57
Varjyam06:32 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:03 – 07:30 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:30 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:57 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:25 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:52 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:20 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:47 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:14 – 17:42 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:42 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:14 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:47 – 22:20 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:20 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:52 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:25 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:57 – 04:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:30 – 06:03 (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 Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868111.27
Julian Day2456576.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0454°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)77.34°
🪷 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 (24.0454°), declination -7.02°, EoT 13.99 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: 2013-10-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)