पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · September 17, 2122 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2179 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 2044 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1529
Malayalam Era: 1298
Nanakshahi: 653
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya148.39°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra337.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.91°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha128.88°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati137.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra160.68°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani92.77°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:32 – 15:04
Yamaganda05:51 – 07:24
Gulika Kāla08:56 – 10:28
Varjyam06:22 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:51 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:24 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:56 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:28 – 12:00 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:00 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:32 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:04 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:36 – 18:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:09 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:36 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:04 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:32 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:00 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:28 – 02:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:56 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:24 – 05:51 (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 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 Year5224 · Kali-5224
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1907898.27 · 5223.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2496363.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.5672° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (25.5672°) · declination 2.40° · EoT 6.24 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:2122-09-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)