पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · August 31, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra194.41°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala206.71°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha152.29°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati105.18°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra118.77°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani203.69°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:08 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:56 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:19 – 18:55
Yamaganda12:28 – 14:05
Gulika Kāla15:42 – 17:19
Varjyam06:33 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:01 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:38 – 09:14 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:14 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:51 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:28 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:05 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:42 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:19 – 18:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:55 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:19 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:42 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:05 – 00:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:28 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:51 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:14 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:38 – 06:01 (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 Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868435.27
Julian Day2456900.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0578°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.58°
🪷 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 (24.0578°), declination 8.73°, EoT 0.15 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: 2014-08-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)