पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 19, 2013 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 10.11 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः।

नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता।।10.11।।
"10.11 By My grace, I live in their hearts; and I dispel the darkness of ignorance by the shining light of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.08°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra5.67°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.73°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha275.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.10°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra258.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani196.42°TulāSvātī P3

☀️ 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)12:08 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:15 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 15 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 44 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:40 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 00:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:22
Yamaganda13:56 – 15:13
Gulika Kāla07:31 – 08:48
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Kāla07:31 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:48 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:05 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:22 – 12:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:39 – 13:56 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:56 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:13 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:30 – 17:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:47 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:30 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:13 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:56 – 00:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:39 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:22 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:05 – 05:48 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:48 – 07:31 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867846.27 · 5114.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456311.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0353° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)88.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.0353°) · declination -20.33° · EoT -10.66 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:2013-01-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)