पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 23, 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 10.13 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा।

असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे।।10.13।।
"10.13 So have said the seers and the divine sage Narada; as well as Asita, Devala and Vyasa; and Thou Thyself also sayest it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.05°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra260.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala289.74°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha255.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.46°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra261.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani215.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:30 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:22 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:20 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 55 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 04 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:10 – 06:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:40 – 07:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:57 – 16:11
Yamaganda09:59 – 11:13
Gulika Kāla12:28 – 13:42
Varjyam07:55 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:30 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:44 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:59 – 11:13 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:13 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:28 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 14:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:57 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:11 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:26 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:11 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:57 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:28 – 02:13 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:13 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:59 – 05:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:44 – 07:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1868549.27 · 5115.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457014.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0622° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.0622°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 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:2014-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)