पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · March 18, 1999 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.1 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः।

स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः।।6.1।।
"6.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: He who acts because it is his duty, not thinking of the consequences, is really spiritual and a true ascetic; and not he who merely observes rituals or who shuns all action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.16°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra336.69°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.34°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha336.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra5.72°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani7.92°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:48 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:55 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:07 – 15:37
Yamaganda06:36 – 08:06
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 11:07
Varjyam07:06 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:36 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:06 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:07 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:07 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:37 – 17:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:08 – 18:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:38 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:08 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:37 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:07 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:07 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:06 – 06:36 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1862790.27 · 5100.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451255.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8419° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)2.04° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8419°) · declination -1.19° · EoT -8.76 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:1999-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)