पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · September 18, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya151.25°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra312.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala109.04°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha169.58°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.09°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra193.59°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani194.37°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:28 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:45 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:11 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:22 – 13:54
Yamaganda07:45 – 09:17
Gulika Kāla10:49 – 12:22
Varjyam06:43 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:13 – 07:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:45 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:17 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:49 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:22 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:54 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:26 – 16:58 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:58 – 18:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:31 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:58 – 21:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:26 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:54 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:22 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:49 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:17 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:45 – 06:13 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868088.27
Julian Day2456553.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0446°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.03°
🪷 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 (24.0446°), declination 1.87°, EoT 6.61 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: 2013-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)