पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · May 6, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.24 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः।प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्।।17.24।।
"17.24 Therefore all acts of sacrifice, gifts and austerities, prescribed by the scriptures, are always begun by those who understand the Spirit with the word Om." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya21.50°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra140.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala23.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha354.89°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati326.65°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra338.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani2.33°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:14 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:03 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:41 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 38 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 21 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta19:02 – 19:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:14 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla18:59 – 20:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:25 – 14:07
Yamaganda07:18 – 09:00
Gulika Kāla10:43 – 12:25
Varjyam06:10 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:36 – 07:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:18 – 09:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:00 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:43 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:25 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:07 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:49 – 17:32 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:32 – 19:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:14 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:32 – 21:49 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:49 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:07 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:25 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:43 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:00 – 04:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:18 – 05:36 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862474.27 · 5099.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450939.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8299° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)116.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.8299°) · declination 16.43° · EoT 3.44 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:1998-05-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)