पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · September 23, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya155.86°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra312.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha157.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.44°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra193.70°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani248.54°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:31 – 18:02
Yamaganda11:58 – 13:29
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:31
Varjyam06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:54 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:25 – 08:56 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:56 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:27 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:58 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:29 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:31 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:31 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:29 – 23:58 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:58 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:27 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:56 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:25 – 05:54 (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 Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869919.27
Julian Day2458384.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1146°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)155.59°
🪷 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 (24.1146°), declination 0.01°, EoT 8.44 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: 2018-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)