पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · January 3, 2074 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: 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 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।
"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2131 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1996 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1481
Malayalam Era: 1250
Nanakshahi: 605
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra323.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala129.53°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha269.73°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati105.39°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra259.97°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani217.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:11 – 13:30
Yamaganda08:15 – 09:33
Gulika Kāla10:52 – 12:11
Varjyam07:22 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:56 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:15 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:33 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:52 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:11 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:30 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:48 – 16:07 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:07 – 17:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:26 – 19:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:07 – 20:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:48 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:30 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:11 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:52 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:33 – 05:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:15 – 06:56 (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 — 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 Year5175 · Kali-5175
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1890110.27 · 5174.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2478575.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8868° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.8868°) · declination -22.80° · EoT -4.59 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:2074-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)