पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · February 3, 1961 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: 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 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2018 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1883 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1368
Malayalam Era: 1137
Nanakshahi: 492
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra135.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala67.32°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha308.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.15°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra338.08°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani270.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:24 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:55 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:46 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:23 – 12:42
Yamaganda15:22 – 16:41
Gulika Kāla08:43 – 10:03
Varjyam07:50 – 08:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 Chala07:24 – 08:43 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:43 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:03 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:23 – 12:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:42 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:02 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:22 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:41 – 18:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:01 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:41 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:22 – 23:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:02 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:42 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:23 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:03 – 05:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:43 – 07:24 (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 Year5062 · Kali-5062
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1848868.27 · 5062.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2437333.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3095° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)206.83° · 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 (23.3095°) · declination -16.63° · EoT -13.97 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:1961-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)