पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · December 30, 2022 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.21 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते।।13.21।।

"13.21 Nature is the Law which generates cause and effect; God is the source of the enjoyment of all pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	254.13°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	343.88°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	44.93°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	269.92°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	336.80°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	270.46°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani	298.13°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:40 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:00 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:45 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:13 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 18 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 41 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:07 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:35 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:42 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:34 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:40 – 17:03
Amṛta Kāla	16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:42 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:51 – 12:00
Yamaganda	14:20 – 15:30
Gulika Kāla	08:31 – 09:41
Varjyam	07:44 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta	09:32 – 09:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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 · 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 Chala	07:21 – 08:31 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:31 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:41 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:51 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:00 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:10 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:20 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:30 – 16:40 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	16:40 – 18:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:30 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:20 – 22:10 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:10 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:00 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:51 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:41 – 05:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:31 – 07:21 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°

Longitude: -74.4121°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871478.27
Julian Day	2459943.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1742°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	86.44°

🪷 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 (24.1742°), declination -23.18°, EoT -2.80 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: 2022-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)