पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 16, 1896 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
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.35 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम्।

मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः।।10.35।।
"10.35 Of hymns I am Brihatsama, of metres I am Garatri, among the months I am Margasheersha (December), and I am the Spring among seasons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1953 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1818 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1303
Malayalam Era: 1072
Nanakshahi: 427
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra285.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala243.95°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha290.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.37°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra232.54°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani206.23°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:16 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:41 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 11 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 48 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:11 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:42 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 00:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:11
Yamaganda07:32 – 08:49
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:22
Varjyam07:58 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:32 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:49 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:05 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:22 – 12:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:38 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:11 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:27 – 17:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:43 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:27 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:11 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:38 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:22 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:05 – 05:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:49 – 07:32 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year4997 · Kali-4997
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825109.27 · 4997.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2413574.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4008° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)14.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (22.4008°) · declination -21.05° · EoT -9.69 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1896-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)