पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 30, 2031 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।
"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra12.50°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala191.75°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha270.89°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra309.59°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani37.57°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:41 – 15:03
Yamaganda06:53 – 08:15
Gulika Kāla09:36 – 10:58
Varjyam07:20 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:53 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:15 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:36 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:58 – 12:20 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:20 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:41 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:03 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:25 – 17:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:46 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:25 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:03 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:41 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:20 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:58 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:36 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:15 – 06:53 (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 Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874431.27
Julian Day2462896.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2872°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.74°
🪷 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 (24.2872°), declination -17.76°, EoT -13.36 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: 2031-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)