पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · April 21, 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: 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 16.15 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया।यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः।।16.15।।
"16.15 I am rich, I am well-bred; who is there to compare with me? I will sacrifice, I will give, I will pay - and I will enjoy. Thus blinded by Ignorance," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya7.32°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra225.96°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.75°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha342.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati286.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra10.61°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani54.17°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:00 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:03 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:09 – 10:48
Yamaganda14:06 – 15:45
Gulika Kāla05:51 – 07:30
Varjyam06:24 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:51 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:30 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:09 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:48 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:27 – 14:06 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:06 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:45 – 17:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:24 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:03 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:24 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:45 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:06 – 00:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:27 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:48 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:09 – 04:30 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:30 – 05:51 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5075 · Kali-5075
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853328.27 · 5074.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441793.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4801° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.4801°) · declination 11.75° · EoT 1.19 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:1973-04-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)