पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · September 5, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla 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)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya138.88°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra200.87°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.58°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha164.85°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra162.56°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani137.85°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:16 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:53 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:51 – 12:26
Yamaganda15:37 – 17:13
Gulika Kāla07:40 – 09:15
Varjyam06:36 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:05 – 07:40 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:40 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:15 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:51 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:26 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:02 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:37 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:13 – 18:48 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:48 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:13 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:37 – 23:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:02 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:26 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:51 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:15 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:40 – 06:05 (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 Ṣaṣṭhī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866249.27
Julian Day2454714.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9742°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)63.58°
🪷 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 (23.9742°), declination 6.73°, EoT 1.85 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: 2008-09-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)