पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · April 28, 2009 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 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya13.91°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra52.90°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala340.13°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha34.05°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.95°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra337.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani141.02°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:54 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:09 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:47 – 17:28
Yamaganda09:05 – 10:45
Gulika Kāla12:26 – 14:06
Varjyam06:17 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:43 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:24 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:05 – 10:45 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:45 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:26 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:06 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:47 – 17:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:28 – 19:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:08 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:28 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:47 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:06 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:26 – 01:45 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:45 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:05 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:24 – 05:43 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866484.27
Julian Day2454949.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9832°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.85°
🪷 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 (23.9832°), declination 14.14°, EoT 2.49 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: 2009-04-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)