पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · October 3, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.95°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra141.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala118.29°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha190.26°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.94°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra210.58°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani195.92°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:23 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:58 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:13
Yamaganda06:23 – 07:51
Gulika Kāla09:20 – 10:48
Varjyam06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:23 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:51 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:20 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:48 – 12:17 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:17 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:13 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:10 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:13 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:17 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:48 – 03:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:20 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:51 – 06:23 (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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868103.27
Julian Day2456568.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0451°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)335.08°
🪷 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 (24.0451°), declination -3.96°, EoT 11.79 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: 2013-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)