पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 5, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.2 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।।1.2।।
"1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, approached his preceptor Guru Drona and spoke as follows:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.01°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra257.44°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.29°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha215.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.58°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra269.68°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani203.28°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:15 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:12 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:35 – 14:50
Yamaganda07:18 – 08:34
Gulika Kāla09:49 – 11:04
Varjyam07:43 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:18 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:34 – 09:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:49 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:04 – 12:20 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:20 – 13:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:35 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:50 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:06 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:21 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:06 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:50 – 22:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:35 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:20 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:04 – 03:49 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:49 – 05:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:34 – 07:18 (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)1868166.27
Julian Day2456631.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0475°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)25.90°
🪷 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 (24.0475°), declination -22.36°, EoT 8.56 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: 2013-12-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)