पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · March 16, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.06°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra270.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala353.98°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha310.12°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.62°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra4.06°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani220.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:46 – 09:16
Yamaganda10:46 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:46 – 15:15
Varjyam06:46 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:16 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:46 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:16 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:46 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:46 – 15:15 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:15 – 16:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:45 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:15 – 19:45 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:45 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:15 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:46 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:46 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:16 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:46 – 06:16 (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 Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868632.27
Julian Day2457097.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0654°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.16°
🪷 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 (24.0654°), declination -1.93°, EoT -9.36 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: 2015-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)