पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · August 7, 2020 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 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.87°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra329.79°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala356.26°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha99.26°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati265.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra64.94°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani273.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:32 – 12:12
Yamaganda15:31 – 17:10
Gulika Kāla07:13 – 08:53
Varjyam06:07 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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 Chala05:34 – 07:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:13 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:53 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:32 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:12 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:31 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:10 – 18:50 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:50 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:10 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:31 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:12 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:32 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:53 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:13 – 05:34 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870603.27
Julian Day2459068.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1408°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.76°
🪷 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 (24.1408°), declination 16.33°, EoT -5.48 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: 2020-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)