पञ्चाङ्ग — Houston, USA · July 17, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.2 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः।

अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः।।10.2।।
"10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya90.78°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra215.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala32.80°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha116.79°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra102.06°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani325.07°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

Houston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:32 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:01 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:41 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 19:57
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:27 – 14:11
Yamaganda07:16 – 09:00
Gulika Kāla10:43 – 12:27
Varjyam06:07 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:32 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:16 – 09:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:00 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:43 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:27 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:11 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:55 – 17:39 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:39 – 19:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:23 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:39 – 21:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:55 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:11 – 00:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:27 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:43 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:00 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:16 – 05:32 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 29.7604°
Longitude: -95.3698°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872043.27
Julian Day2460508.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1958°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.68°
🪷 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 (24.1958°), declination 21.13°, EoT -5.77 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: 2024-07-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)