पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 16, 1980 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: 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 6.10 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः।

एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः।।6.10।।
"6.10 Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in seclusion, absolutely alone, with mind and personality controlled, free from desire and without possessions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.48°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra247.12°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala142.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha268.42°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati135.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra306.56°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani153.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:33 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:04 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:57 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:11 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:42 – 07:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 00:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:38 – 13:54
Yamaganda08:49 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla11:22 – 12:38
Varjyam07:58 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Labha07:33 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:49 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:05 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:22 – 12:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:38 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:54 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:11 – 16:27 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:27 – 17:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:43 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:27 – 21:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:11 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:54 – 00:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:38 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:22 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:05 – 05:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:49 – 07:33 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855789.27 · 5081.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444254.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5742° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)335.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.5742°) · declination -21.12° · EoT -9.69 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:1980-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)