पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 23, 1973 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 13.9 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च।जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्।।13.9।।
"13.9 Renunciation of the delights of sense, absence of pride, right understanding of the painful problem of birth and death, of age and sickness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra152.70°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha275.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati270.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra260.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani50.88°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:30 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:50 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:06 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:20 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:07 – 06:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:50 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:15 – 16:33
Yamaganda10:05 – 11:23
Gulika Kāla12:40 – 13:58
Varjyam07:56 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:30 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:47 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:05 – 11:23 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:23 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:40 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:58 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:15 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:33 – 17:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:50 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:33 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:15 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:58 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:40 – 02:23 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:23 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:05 – 05:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:47 – 07:30 (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 Year5074 · Kali-5074
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853240.27 · 5074.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441705.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4767° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)232.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.4767°) · declination -19.51° · EoT -11.81 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:1973-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)