पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · July 3, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya76.96°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra120.03°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala3.90°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha61.17°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.47°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra47.48°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani300.52°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

Edison, NJ, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:31 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:03 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:44 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 00 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 59 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:31 – 03:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:16 – 04:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta19:20 – 19:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:32 – 20:09
Amṛta Kāla19:17 – 21:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:39 – 19:32
Yamaganda12:01 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:47 – 17:39
Varjyam05:09 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:31 – 06:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:24 – 08:16 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:16 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:09 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:01 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:47 – 17:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:39 – 19:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:32 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:39 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:47 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:01 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:01 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:09 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:16 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:24 – 04:31 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°
Longitude: -74.4121°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871298.27
Julian Day2459763.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1673°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.65°
🪷 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 (24.1673°), declination 22.97°, EoT -3.84 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: 2022-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)