पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 27, 1998 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.31 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा।।13.31।।
"13.31 He who sees the diverse forms of life all rooted in One, and growing forth from Him, he shall indeed find the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra267.06°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala307.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha266.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.19°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra266.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani351.22°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:28 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:35 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:39 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:36 – 07:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:18 – 16:36
Yamaganda10:05 – 11:23
Gulika Kāla12:41 – 13:59
Varjyam07:54 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:28 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:46 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:05 – 11:23 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:23 – 12:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:41 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:59 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:18 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:36 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:54 – 19:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:36 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:18 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:59 – 00:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:41 – 02:23 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:23 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:05 – 05:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:46 – 07:28 (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 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)1862375.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450840.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8261° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.00° · 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 (23.8261°) · declination -18.55° · EoT -12.76 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:1998-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)