पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 8, 1939 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.59 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।18.59।।
"18.59 If thou in thy vanity thinkest of avoiding this fight, thy will shall not be fulfilled, for Nature herself will compel thee." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.59's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1996 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1861 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1346
Malayalam Era: 1115
Nanakshahi: 470
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra114.51°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.69°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha242.31°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati309.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra220.14°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani349.19°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:34 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:36 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:52 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:23 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:13 – 06:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:36 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:21 – 17:36
Yamaganda12:35 – 13:50
Gulika Kāla15:06 – 16:21
Varjyam07:59 – 08:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:34 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:49 – 10:04 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:04 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:20 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:50 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:06 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:21 – 17:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:36 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:21 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:06 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:50 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:20 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:04 – 05:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:49 – 07:34 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5040 · Kali-5040
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1840806.27 · 5040.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2429271.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0011° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)208.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.0011°) · declination -22.37° · EoT -6.70 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:1939-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)