पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · February 4, 1979 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 17.3 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः।।17.3।।
"17.3 The faith of every man conforms to his nature. By nature he is full of faith. He is in fact what his faith makes him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya291.06°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra21.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha287.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati98.79°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra245.18°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani138.81°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:23 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:56 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:30 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:42 – 18:02
Yamaganda12:42 – 14:02
Gulika Kāla15:22 – 16:42
Varjyam07:50 – 08:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:23 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:43 – 10:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:03 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:23 – 12:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:42 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:02 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:22 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:42 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:42 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:22 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:02 – 00:42 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:42 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:23 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:03 – 05:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:43 – 07:23 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855443.27 · 5080.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443908.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5609° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.5609°) · declination -16.45° · EoT -14.09 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:1979-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)