पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 24, 2013 CE

🪷 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 10.16 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।

याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि।।10.16।।
"10.16 Please tell me all about Thy glorious manifestations, by means of which Thou pervadest the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.16'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

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.17°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra64.93°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala298.68°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha283.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.95°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra264.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani196.66°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:29 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:10 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:29 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:58 – 15:16
Yamaganda07:29 – 08:47
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:23
Varjyam07:55 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:29 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:47 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:05 – 11:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:23 – 12:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:40 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:58 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:16 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:34 – 17:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:51 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:34 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:16 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:58 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:40 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:23 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:05 – 05:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:47 – 07:29 (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 Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867851.27
Julian Day2456316.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0355°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.45°
🪷 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 (24.0355°), declination -19.20°, EoT -12.06 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: 2013-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)