पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 29, 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 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra206.05°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.05°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha253.12°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.82°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra273.67°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani205.77°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:07 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:35 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:12 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:42 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:15 – 17:29
Yamaganda12:31 – 13:45
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:15
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:32 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:47 – 10:01 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:01 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:16 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:31 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:45 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:15 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:29 – 19:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:15 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:45 – 00:31 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:31 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:16 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:01 – 05:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:47 – 07:32 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868190.27
Julian Day2456655.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0485°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)314.70°
🪷 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 (24.0485°), declination -23.23°, EoT -2.35 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: 2013-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)