पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 14, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra77.63°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.02°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha248.47°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra282.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani147.29°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:32 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:48 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:35 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:22
Yamaganda12:24 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla14:53 – 16:08
Varjyam07:50 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:25 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:40 – 09:54 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:54 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:09 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:24 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:38 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:53 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:08 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:22 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:08 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:53 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:38 – 00:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:24 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:09 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:54 – 05:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:40 – 07:25 (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)1866349.27
Julian Day2454814.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9781°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.50°
🪷 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 (23.9781°), declination -23.22°, EoT 4.64 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: 2008-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)