पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 7, 2022 CE

Also observed today

अन्नपूर्णा जयन्ती · Annapūrṇā JayantīShakta
वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।

"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	230.73°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	37.98°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	52.06°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
बुध Budha	245.77°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	334.92°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	241.61°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
शनि Śani	296.16°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 31 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 28 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:19 – 06:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:50 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:37 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:44 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:14 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla	16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:37 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:58 – 13:17
Yamaganda	08:02 – 09:21
Gulika Kāla	10:40 – 11:58
Varjyam	07:09 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta	09:10 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Labha	06:43 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:02 – 09:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:21 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:40 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:58 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:17 – 14:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:36 – 15:55 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:55 – 17:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:14 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:55 – 20:36 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:36 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:17 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:58 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:40 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:21 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:02 – 06:43 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.8467°

Longitude: 80.9462°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā + Kṛttikā)

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871455.27
Julian Day	2459920.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1733°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	168.17°

🪷 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 (24.1733°), declination -22.58°, EoT 7.72 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: 2022-12-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)