पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · April 30, 2008 CE

🪷 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 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya16.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra303.27°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala90.77°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha30.89°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.89°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra5.29°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani127.52°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:05 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:04 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 14:07
Yamaganda07:22 – 09:03
Gulika Kāla10:44 – 12:26
Varjyam06:15 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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):
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 Labha05:41 – 07:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:22 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:03 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:44 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:07 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:48 – 17:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:29 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:10 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:29 – 21:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:48 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:07 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:44 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:03 – 04:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:22 – 05:41 (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

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866121.27
Julian Day2454586.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9693°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)290.00°
🪷 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 (23.9693°), declination 14.84°, EoT 2.79 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: 2008-04-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)