पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 18, 2014 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 10.8 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ahaṁ Sarvasya Prabhavo · the source of all
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।

इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।10.8।।
"10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.96°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra191.31°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.84°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha247.15°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.65°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra254.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani215.07°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:27 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:36 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:30 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:08 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 14:55
Yamaganda07:27 – 08:42
Gulika Kāla09:56 – 11:11
Varjyam07:52 – 08:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Śubha07:27 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:42 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:56 – 11:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:11 – 12:26 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:26 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:40 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:55 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:09 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:24 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:09 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:55 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:40 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:26 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:11 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:56 – 05:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:42 – 07:27 (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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868544.27 · 5115.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457009.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0620° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0620°) · declination -23.38° · EoT 2.79 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2014-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)