पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · May 29, 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: निर्जला एकादशी — Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Strictest Ekādaśī (no water for 24 hours); Bhīma's vrata. Confers fruit of all 24 Ekādaśīs.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।
"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya44.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra174.25°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.73°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha25.82°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra63.04°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani341.50°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:31 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:22 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:50 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:44
Godhūli Muhūrta19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:31 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 14:12
Yamaganda07:07 – 08:53
Gulika Kāla10:39 – 12:26
Varjyam05:56 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 Labha05:20 – 07:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:07 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:53 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:39 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:12 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:58 – 17:44 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:44 – 19:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:31 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:44 – 21:58 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:58 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:12 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:39 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:53 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:07 – 05:20 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861767.27 · 5097.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450232.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8028° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)131.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.8028°) · declination 21.63° · EoT 2.77 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:1996-05-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)