पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 9, 2010 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.2 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन।

प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।8.2।।
"8.2 Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya232.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra272.60°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala246.64°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha251.77°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati330.26°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra190.52°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani170.97°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:56 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:05 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:01 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 14:51
Yamaganda07:21 – 08:36
Gulika Kāla09:51 – 11:06
Varjyam07:46 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:21 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:36 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:51 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:06 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:51 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:06 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:21 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:06 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:51 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:06 – 03:51 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:51 – 05:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:36 – 07:21 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867074.27
Julian Day2455539.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0058°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.64°
🪷 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 (24.0058°), declination -22.79°, EoT 6.87 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: 2010-12-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)