पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · November 16, 1990 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।
"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2047 Subhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1912 Pramoda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1397
Malayalam Era: 1166
Nanakshahi: 521
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya209.69°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra195.06°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.11°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha223.98°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati109.47°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra213.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani267.10°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:51 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:39 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:55 – 12:14
Yamaganda14:50 – 16:08
Gulika Kāla08:19 – 09:37
Varjyam07:27 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:01 – 08:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:19 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:37 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:55 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:32 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:50 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:08 – 17:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:26 – 19:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:08 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:50 – 22:32 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:32 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:55 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:37 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:19 – 07:01 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5092 · Kali-5092
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859746.27 · 5091.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448211.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7255° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.7255°) · declination -18.62° · EoT 14.67 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:1990-11-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)