पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · July 8, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.25 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्।

तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते।।8.25।।
"8.25 But if he departs in gloom, at night, during the fortnight of the waning moon and in the six months before the Southern solstice, then he reaches but lunar light and he will be born again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.25'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya81.73°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra183.54°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.40°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha71.04°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra53.46°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani300.28°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:34 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:23 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:35 – 03:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:20 – 04:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:08
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:10 – 12:02
Yamaganda15:46 – 17:38
Gulika Kāla06:26 – 08:18
Varjyam05:12 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:34 – 06:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:26 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:18 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:10 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:02 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:54 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:46 – 17:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:38 – 19:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:30 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:38 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:46 – 22:54 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:54 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:02 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:10 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:18 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:26 – 04:34 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871303.27
Julian Day2459768.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1675°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)105.27°
🪷 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 (24.1675°), declination 22.49°, EoT -4.68 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: 2022-07-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)