पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 6, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.22 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्।अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।
"18.22 But that which clings blindly to one idea as if it were all, without logic, truth or insight, that has its origin in Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya230.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra100.79°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala114.26°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha246.42°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati297.95°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra221.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani159.11°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:47 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:39 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:06 – 17:21
Yamaganda12:20 – 13:35
Gulika Kāla14:51 – 16:06
Varjyam07:44 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:19 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:34 – 09:50 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:50 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:05 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:20 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:35 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:51 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:06 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:21 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:06 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:51 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:35 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:20 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:05 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:50 – 05:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:34 – 07:19 (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 Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866706.27
Julian Day2455171.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9917°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.97°
🪷 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 (23.9917°), declination -22.48°, EoT 8.14 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: 2009-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)