पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · August 11, 2019 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 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya113.99°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra243.88°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala121.05°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha94.72°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra112.84°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani260.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:08 – 18:47
Yamaganda12:11 – 13:50
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 17:08
Varjyam06:08 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
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 · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:35 – 07:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:14 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:53 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:32 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:11 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:50 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:29 – 17:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:08 – 18:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:47 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:08 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:29 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:50 – 00:11 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:11 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:32 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:53 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:14 – 05:35 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870241.27
Julian Day2458706.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1269°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)128.07°
🪷 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 (24.1269°), declination 15.40°, EoT -4.91 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: 2019-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)