पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 27, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.43 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम्।दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.43।।
"18.43 Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.41°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra8.38°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.28°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha267.75°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.65°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra247.49°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani160.15°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:42 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:54 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:12 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:42 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:13 – 17:28
Yamaganda12:30 – 13:44
Gulika Kāla14:59 – 16:13
Varjyam07:56 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:31 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:46 – 10:01 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:01 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:15 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:30 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:44 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:59 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:13 – 17:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:28 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:13 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:59 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:44 – 00:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:30 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:15 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:01 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:46 – 07:31 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866727.27
Julian Day2455192.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9925°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)119.32°
🪷 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 (23.9925°), declination -23.33°, EoT -1.42 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: 2009-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)