पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · February 10, 2017 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 11.50 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा

स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः।

आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं

भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा।।11.50।।
"11.50 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna showed Himself again in His accustomed form; and the Mighty Lord, in gentle tones, softly consoled him who lately trembled with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya297.40°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra104.82°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala345.17°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha279.69°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.54°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra340.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani241.12°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:21
Yamaganda15:08 – 16:31
Gulika Kāla08:10 – 09:34
Varjyam07:14 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:47 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:10 – 09:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:34 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:21 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:44 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:08 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:31 – 17:55 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:55 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:31 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:08 – 22:44 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:44 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:21 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:34 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:10 – 06:47 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869329.27
Julian Day2457794.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0920°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.10°
🪷 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 (24.0920°), declination -14.34°, EoT -14.55 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: 2017-02-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)