पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 18, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.17 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः।

गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।।
"5.17 Meditating on the Divine, having faith in the Divine, concentrating on the Divine and losing themselves in the Divine, their sins dissolved in wisdom, they go whence there is no return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.62°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra120.81°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala262.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha244.66°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.07°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra273.24°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani356.83°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:27 – 10:45
Yamaganda13:22 – 14:40
Gulika Kāla06:50 – 08:08
Varjyam07:16 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:50 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:08 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:27 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:45 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:03 – 13:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:22 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:40 – 15:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:59 – 17:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:17 – 18:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:59 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:40 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:22 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:03 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:45 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:27 – 05:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:08 – 06:50 (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 Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873292.27
Julian Day2461757.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2436°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.46°
🪷 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 (24.2436°), declination -23.37°, EoT 2.79 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: 2027-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)