पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · August 17, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.54°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra302.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.39°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha137.41°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra139.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani135.47°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:12 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:10 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:07 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:00 – 19:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:12 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:57 – 20:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:32 – 19:12
Yamaganda12:32 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla15:52 – 17:32
Varjyam06:25 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Udveg05:52 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:32 – 09:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:12 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:12 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:52 – 17:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:32 – 19:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:12 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:32 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:52 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:12 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:12 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:32 – 05:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866230.27
Julian Day2454695.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9735°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.43°
🪷 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 (23.9735°), declination 13.35°, EoT -3.75 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: 2008-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)