पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · August 16, 2053 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।
"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2110 Vyaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1975 Śrīmukha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1460
Malayalam Era: 1229
Nanakshahi: 584
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.07°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra146.34°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala138.41°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha118.34°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati185.01°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra156.65°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani317.31°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:54 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:54 – 10:32
Yamaganda13:48 – 15:26
Gulika Kāla05:38 – 07:16
Varjyam06:11 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:38 – 07:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:16 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:54 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:32 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:10 – 13:48 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:48 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:26 – 17:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:04 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:42 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:04 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:26 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:48 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:10 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:32 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:54 – 04:16 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:16 – 05:38 (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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5155 · Kali-5155
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1882665.27 · 5154.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2471130.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6021° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)27.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.6021°) · declination 13.63° · EoT -3.97 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2053-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)