पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 16, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.13 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।

सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
"1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.19°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra45.19°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.88°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha232.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.45°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra274.08°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani204.48°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:26 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:20 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:29 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:07 – 06:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:36 – 07:26
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:41 – 09:55
Yamaganda11:10 – 12:25
Gulika Kāla13:39 – 14:54
Varjyam07:51 – 08:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:45 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:26 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:41 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:55 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:10 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:25 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:39 – 14:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:54 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:08 – 17:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:23 – 19:08 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:08 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:54 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:39 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:25 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:10 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:55 – 05:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:41 – 07:26 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868177.27
Julian Day2456642.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0480°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.54°
🪷 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 (24.0480°), declination -23.31°, EoT 3.72 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: 2013-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)