पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 29, 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 6.40 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते।

नहि कल्याणकृत्कश्िचद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति।।6.40।।
"6.40 Lord Shri Krishna replied: My beloved child! There is no destruction for him, either in this world or in the next. No evil fate awaits him who treads the path of righteousness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.40'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.22°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra1.84°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.22°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha247.80°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati224.37°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra268.31°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani120.48°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:16 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:15 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:12 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:42 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:16 – 12:31
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:15
Gulika Kāla08:47 – 10:01
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:32 – 08:47 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:47 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:01 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:16 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:31 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:15 – 17:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:29 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:15 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:31 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:16 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:01 – 05:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:47 – 07:32 (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 Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865633.27
Julian Day2454098.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9507°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)109.28°
🪷 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 (23.9507°), declination -23.24°, EoT -2.35 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: 2006-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)