पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · August 18, 1964 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: पार्श्व एकादशी — Pārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
Viṣṇu turns from one side to another in yoga-nidrā (mid-Cāturmāsya).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2021 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1886 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1371
Malayalam Era: 1140
Nanakshahi: 495
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.77°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra243.35°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala79.23°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha145.13°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati32.24°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शुक्र Śukra76.92°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani309.54°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:41 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:35 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:52 – 17:32
Yamaganda09:12 – 10:52
Gulika Kāla12:32 – 14:12
Varjyam06:25 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:52 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:32 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:12 – 10:52 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:52 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:32 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:12 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:52 – 17:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:32 – 19:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:11 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:32 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:52 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:12 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:32 – 01:52 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:52 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:12 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:32 – 05:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5066 · Kali-5066
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1850160.27 · 5065.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2438625.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3589° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)120.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.3589°) · declination 13.15° · EoT -3.53 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:1964-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)