पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · February 11, 1829 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: भीष्माष्टमी — Bhīṣmāṣṭamī
Bhīṣma's mahaprasthāna anniversary (Māgha Śukla 8); Bhīṣma-tarpaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.8 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः।।13.8।।
"13.8 Humility, sincerity, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the Master, purity, steadfastness, self-control;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1886 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1751 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1236
Malayalam Era: 1005
Nanakshahi: 360
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya300.65°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra33.27°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.19°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha320.94°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.08°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra278.20°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani99.34°KarkaPuṣya P2

☀️ Phoenix, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-7)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:58 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:49 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:43 – 14:04
Yamaganda08:38 – 10:00
Gulika Kāla11:21 – 12:43
Varjyam07:44 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:17 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:38 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:00 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:21 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:43 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:04 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:26 – 16:47 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:47 – 18:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:09 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:47 – 21:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:26 – 23:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:04 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:43 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:21 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:00 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:38 – 07:17 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 33.4484°
Longitude: -112.074°
Timezone: UTC+-7

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā)
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year4930 · Kali-4930
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1800664.27 · 4930.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2389129.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.4659° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (21.4659°) · declination -14.14° · EoT -14.58 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1829-02-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)