पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 30, 2018 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 11.37 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्

गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे।

अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास

त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत्।।11.37।।
"11.37 How should they do otherwise? O Thou Supremest Self, greater than the Powers of creation, the First Cause, Infinite, the Lord of Lords, the Home of the universe, Imperishable, Being and Not-Being, yet transcending both." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra172.26°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala334.22°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha236.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati227.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra207.14°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani256.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:05 – 17:23
Yamaganda12:09 – 13:28
Gulika Kāla14:46 – 16:05
Varjyam07:21 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:55 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:13 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:50 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:28 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:46 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:05 – 17:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:23 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:05 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:46 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:28 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:50 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:13 – 06:55 (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 Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870017.27
Julian Day2458482.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1183°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.43°
🪷 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 (24.1183°), declination -23.18°, EoT -2.80 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: 2018-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)