पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 3, 2010 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 18.50 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।
"18.50 I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra110.03°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala114.34°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha262.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati303.04°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra256.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani160.32°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:33 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:50 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:27 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 59 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 00 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:13 – 06:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:18 – 17:33
Yamaganda12:33 – 13:48
Gulika Kāla15:03 – 16:18
Varjyam07:58 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:33 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:48 – 10:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:03 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:18 – 12:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:33 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:48 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:03 – 16:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:18 – 17:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:33 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:18 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:03 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:48 – 00:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:33 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:18 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:03 – 05:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:48 – 07:33 (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)1866734.27
Julian Day2455199.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9928°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)208.82°
🪷 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 (23.9928°), declination -22.85°, EoT -4.59 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: 2010-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)