पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 28, 2021 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 13.21 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते।।13.21।।
"13.21 Nature is the Law which generates cause and effect; God is the source of the enjoyment of all pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra94.83°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala16.05°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha301.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati284.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra269.90°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani280.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:41 – 15:02
Yamaganda06:53 – 08:15
Gulika Kāla09:36 – 10:58
Varjyam07:21 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:53 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:15 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:36 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:58 – 12:19 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:19 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:41 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:02 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:23 – 17:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:45 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:23 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:02 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:41 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:19 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:58 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:36 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:15 – 06:53 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870777.27
Julian Day2459242.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1474°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.73°
🪷 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 (24.1474°), declination -18.18°, EoT -12.97 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: 2021-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)