पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 25, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.21°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra267.12°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala267.72°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha271.27°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.05°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra327.83°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani147.05°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:29 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:42 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:46 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:34 – 17:52
Yamaganda12:41 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 16:34
Varjyam07:55 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:29 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:47 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:05 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:23 – 12:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:41 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:34 – 17:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:52 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:34 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:41 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:41 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:23 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:05 – 05:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:47 – 07:29 (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)1866391.27
Julian Day2454856.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9797°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.29°
🪷 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 (23.9797°), declination -18.97°, EoT -12.31 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: 2009-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)