पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 12, 1997 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.22°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra29.34°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha247.96°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.55°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra276.14°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani349.69°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:24 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:41 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:30 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 58 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 01 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:08 – 12:23
Yamaganda14:52 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla08:38 – 09:53
Varjyam07:49 – 08:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:24 – 08:38 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:38 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:53 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:08 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:38 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:52 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:07 – 17:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:22 – 19:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:07 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:52 – 22:38 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:38 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:08 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:53 – 05:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:38 – 07:24 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862329.27 · 5098.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450794.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8243° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)154.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8243°) · declination -23.06° · EoT 5.54 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:1997-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)