पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · March 8, 1996 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.7 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्।।14.7।।
"14.7 Passion, engendered by thirst for pleasure and attachment, binds the soul through its fondness for activity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.95°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra175.10°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala323.24°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha307.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra8.46°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani332.47°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:01 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:28 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:15 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:50 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:12 – 12:40
Yamaganda15:35 – 17:03
Gulika Kāla08:16 – 09:44
Varjyam07:18 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:49 – 08:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:16 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:44 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:12 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:40 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:08 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:35 – 17:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:03 – 18:31 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:31 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:03 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:35 – 23:08 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:08 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:40 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:12 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:44 – 05:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:16 – 06:49 (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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861685.27 · 5097.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450150.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7997° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)211.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.7997°) · declination -4.84° · EoT -11.53 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:1996-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)