पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · August 6, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.59 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।18.59।।
"18.59 If thou in thy vanity thinkest of avoiding this fight, thy will shall not be fulfilled, for Nature herself will compel thee." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.59's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.06°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra17.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala73.80°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha133.00°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra65.12°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani343.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:40 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:09 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:45
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:59 – 17:41
Yamaganda09:09 – 10:51
Gulika Kāla12:34 – 14:16
Varjyam06:18 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Roga05:44 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:26 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:09 – 10:51 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:51 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:34 – 14:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:16 – 15:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:59 – 17:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:41 – 19:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:24 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:41 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:59 – 23:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:16 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:34 – 01:51 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:51 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:09 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:26 – 05:44 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861836.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450301.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8055° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)264.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.8055°) · declination 16.66° · EoT -5.59 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:1996-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)