पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · July 31, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.19 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।
"7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he sees God everywhere is very difficult to find." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.70°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra318.61°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha118.17°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.74°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra148.44°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani249.39°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 17:14
Yamaganda08:51 – 10:32
Gulika Kāla12:12 – 13:53
Varjyam06:03 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:30 – 07:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:10 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:51 – 10:32 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:32 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:12 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:53 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:34 – 17:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:14 – 18:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:55 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:14 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:34 – 22:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:53 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:12 – 01:32 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:32 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:51 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:10 – 05:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869865.27
Julian Day2458330.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1125°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)218.15°
🪷 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 (24.1125°), declination 18.31°, EoT -6.07 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: 2018-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)