पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · February 1, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya288.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra304.15°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.87°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha306.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.52°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.26°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:16 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:17 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:03 – 11:23
Yamaganda14:01 – 15:21
Gulika Kāla07:25 – 08:44
Varjyam07:51 – 08:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:25 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:44 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:03 – 11:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:23 – 12:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:42 – 14:01 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:01 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:21 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:40 – 17:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:59 – 19:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:40 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:21 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:01 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:42 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:23 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:03 – 05:44 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:44 – 07:25 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868224.27
Julian Day2456689.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0498°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.34°
🪷 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 (24.0498°), declination -17.17°, EoT -13.69 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: 2014-02-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)