पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 25, 2006 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.36 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः।

वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः।।6.36।।
"6.36 It is not possible to attain Self-Realisation if a man does not know how to control himself; but for him who, striving by proper means, learns such control, it is possible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.14°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra305.58°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala229.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha241.52°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati223.54°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra263.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani120.63°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:43 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:46 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:11 – 06:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:45 – 10:00
Yamaganda11:14 – 12:29
Gulika Kāla13:43 – 14:58
Varjyam07:56 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:31 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:45 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:00 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:14 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:29 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:43 – 14:58 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:58 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:12 – 17:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:27 – 19:12 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:12 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:58 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:43 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:29 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:14 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:00 – 05:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:45 – 07:31 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865629.27
Julian Day2454094.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9505°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)55.83°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9505°), declination -23.40°, EoT -0.49 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2006-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)