पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · April 19, 1940 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.34 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च

कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान्।

मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा

युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान्।।11.34।।
"11.34 Drona and Bheeshma, Jayadratha and Karna, and other brave warriors - I have condemned them all. Destroy them; fight and fear not. Thy foes shall be crushed."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1997 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1862 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1347
Malayalam Era: 1116
Nanakshahi: 471
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya5.81°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra141.90°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala49.19°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha340.01°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati1.23°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra52.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani11.03°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:13 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:50 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:49 – 12:28
Yamaganda15:44 – 17:23
Gulika Kāla07:32 – 09:11
Varjyam06:27 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:54 – 07:32 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:32 – 09:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:11 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:49 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:28 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:06 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:44 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:23 – 19:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:01 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:23 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:44 – 23:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:06 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:28 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:49 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:11 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:32 – 05:54 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5042 · Kali-5042
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841273.27 · 5041.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2429738.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0190° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)138.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.0190°) · declination 11.06° · EoT 0.74 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:1940-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)