पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · October 4, 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 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya166.94°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra154.89°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala118.90°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha191.46°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.05°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra211.69°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani196.03°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:24 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:32 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 12:16
Yamaganda15:12 – 16:41
Gulika Kāla07:52 – 09:20
Varjyam06:53 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:24 – 07:52 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:52 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:20 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:48 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:44 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:12 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:41 – 18:09 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:09 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:41 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:12 – 22:44 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:44 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:48 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:20 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:52 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868104.27
Julian Day2456569.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0452°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.97°
🪷 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 (24.0452°), declination -4.35°, EoT 12.10 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: 2013-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)