पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 27, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.6 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो

यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः।

यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम

स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः।।2.6।।
"2.6 Nor can I say whether it were better that they conquer me or for me to conquer them, since would no longer care to live if I killed these sons of Dhritarashtra, now preparing for fight." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.86°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra90.61°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.48°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha270.23°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.20°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra211.75°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani226.30°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:03 – 17:21
Yamaganda12:08 – 13:26
Gulika Kāla14:44 – 16:03
Varjyam07:20 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:54 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:12 – 09:31 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:31 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:49 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:08 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:26 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:44 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:03 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:21 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:03 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:44 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:26 – 00:08 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:08 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:49 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:31 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:12 – 06:54 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868918.27
Julian Day2457383.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0763°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)201.37°
🪷 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 (24.0763°), declination -23.34°, EoT -1.42 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: 2015-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)