पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 20, 2011 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.61°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra97.69°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha254.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra228.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani172.94°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:39 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:50 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:46 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:40 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:13
Yamaganda07:31 – 08:48
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:22
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Śubha07:31 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:48 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:05 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:22 – 12:39 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:39 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:13 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:30 – 17:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:47 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:30 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:13 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:39 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:22 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:05 – 05:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:48 – 07:31 (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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5112 · Kali-5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867116.27 · 5112.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455581.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0074° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)180.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0074°) · declination -20.23° · EoT -10.96 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2011-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)