पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · July 17, 2024 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 10.2 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः।

अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः।।10.2।।
"10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya90.78°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra215.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala32.80°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha116.79°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra102.06°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani325.07°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 38 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 21 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:34 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:15 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:12 – 13:54
Yamaganda07:05 – 08:47
Gulika Kāla10:30 – 12:12
Varjyam05:57 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:23 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:05 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:47 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:30 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:12 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:54 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:37 – 17:19 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:19 – 19:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:01 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:19 – 21:37 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:37 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:54 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:12 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:30 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:47 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:05 – 05:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872043.27
Julian Day2460508.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1958°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.68°
🪷 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 (24.1958°), declination 21.13°, EoT -5.77 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: 2024-07-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)