पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · July 7, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.80°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra359.39°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha106.37°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.13°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra122.20°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani250.93°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 45 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 14 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:28 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:44 – 10:28
Yamaganda13:54 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla05:18 – 07:01
Varjyam05:52 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:18 – 07:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:01 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:44 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:28 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:11 – 13:54 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:54 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:20 – 19:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:04 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:20 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:54 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:11 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:28 – 02:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:44 – 04:01 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:01 – 05:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869841.27
Julian Day2458306.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1116°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)282.13°
🪷 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 (24.1116°), declination 22.60°, EoT -4.52 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: 2018-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)