पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · February 6, 2014 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 2.18 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः।

अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत।।2.18।।
"2.18 The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are all finite. Therefore fight, O Valiant Man!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya293.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra14.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.17°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha309.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.04°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.49°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:19
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:43 – 15:06
Yamaganda06:49 – 08:12
Gulika Kāla09:35 – 10:58
Varjyam07:17 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:49 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:12 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:35 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:58 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:43 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:06 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:29 – 17:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:52 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:29 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:06 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:43 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:58 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:35 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:12 – 06:49 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868229.27
Julian Day2456694.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.19°
🪷 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 (24.0500°), declination -15.69°, EoT -14.30 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: 2014-02-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)