पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · August 28, 2088 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: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

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: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2145 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 2010 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1495
Malayalam Era: 1264
Nanakshahi: 619
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.66°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra263.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala66.88°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha156.18°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.18°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra156.94°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani31.55°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:56 – 10:31
Yamaganda13:43 – 15:19
Gulika Kāla05:44 – 07:20
Varjyam06:16 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:44 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:20 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:56 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:31 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:07 – 13:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:43 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:19 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:54 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:30 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:54 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:19 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:43 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:07 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:31 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:56 – 04:20 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:20 – 05:44 (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 Year5190 · Kali-5190
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1895461.27 · 5189.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2483926.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.0915° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)132.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (25.0915°) · declination 9.40° · EoT -0.81 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:2088-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)