पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · February 4, 2019 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 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.80°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra281.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.58°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha294.13°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra245.69°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani261.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:56 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:50 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:13 – 09:35
Yamaganda10:58 – 12:20
Gulika Kāla13:43 – 15:05
Varjyam07:18 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:51 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:13 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:35 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:58 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:20 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:43 – 15:05 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:05 – 16:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:28 – 17:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:50 – 19:28 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:28 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:05 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:43 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:20 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:58 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:35 – 05:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:13 – 06:51 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870053.27
Julian Day2458518.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1197°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)351.39°
🪷 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 (24.1197°), declination -16.36°, EoT -14.09 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: 2019-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)