पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 13, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.66°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra34.76°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha285.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati308.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra261.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani289.14°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:34 – 14:54
Yamaganda06:57 – 08:16
Gulika Kāla09:36 – 10:55
Varjyam07:23 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:57 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:16 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:36 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:55 – 12:15 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:15 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:34 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:54 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:13 – 17:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:33 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:13 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:54 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:34 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:15 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:55 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:36 – 05:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:16 – 06:57 (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 Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871127.27
Julian Day2459592.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1608°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)123.93°
🪷 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 (24.1608°), declination -21.51°, EoT -8.64 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: 2022-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)