पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 11, 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: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.18 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।

न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
"3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra148.27°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.67°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha217.40°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.59°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra245.28°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani3.18°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:23 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:25 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:47 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 58 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 01 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:07 – 12:22
Yamaganda14:52 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla08:38 – 09:53
Varjyam07:48 – 08:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
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 Chala07:23 – 08:38 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:38 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:53 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:07 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:22 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:37 – 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 – 22:37 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:37 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:22 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:07 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:53 – 05:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:38 – 07:23 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862693.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451158.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8382° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.24° · 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 (23.8382°) · declination -22.96° · EoT 5.99 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:1998-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)