पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · February 27, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.16 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्।।14.16।।
"14.16 They say the fruit of a meritorious action is spotless and full of purity; the outcome of Passion is misery, and of Ignorance darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya314.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra130.55°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala32.66°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha288.41°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati292.01°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra307.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani284.12°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:26 – 10:53
Yamaganda13:46 – 15:13
Gulika Kāla06:33 – 08:00
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:33 – 08:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:00 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:26 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:53 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:20 – 13:46 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:46 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:13 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:40 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:06 – 19:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:40 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:13 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:46 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:20 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:53 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:26 – 05:00 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:00 – 06:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Maghā 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)1870807.27
Julian Day2459272.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1486°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.68°
🪷 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 (24.1486°), declination -8.32°, EoT -13.39 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: 2021-02-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)