पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 13, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.6 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।

तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।8.6।।
"8.6 On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.6'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 Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra321.01°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala249.68°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha251.32°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati330.56°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra193.21°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani171.28°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:24 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:12 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:47 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:39 – 09:54
Yamaganda11:08 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:38 – 14:53
Varjyam07:49 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:24 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:39 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:54 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:08 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:38 – 14:53 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:53 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:07 – 17:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:22 – 19:07 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:07 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:53 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:38 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:08 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:54 – 05:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:39 – 07:24 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867078.27
Julian Day2455543.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0059°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.29°
🪷 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 (24.0059°), declination -23.12°, EoT 5.09 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: 2010-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)