पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 29, 2014 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 10.19 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।

प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे।।10.19।।
"10.19 Lord Shri Krishna replied: So be it, My beloved fried! I will unfold to thee some of the chief aspects of My glory. Of its full extent there is no end." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.19'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

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.16°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra346.61°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.43°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha264.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.12°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra268.77°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani216.25°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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)12:30 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:58 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 48 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 Kāla08:47 – 10:01
Yamaganda11:16 – 12:31
Gulika Kāla13:45 – 15:00
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:32 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:47 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:01 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:16 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:31 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:45 – 15:00 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:00 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:15 – 17:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:29 – 19:15 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:15 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:00 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:45 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:31 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:16 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:01 – 05:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:47 – 07:32 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868555.27
Julian Day2457020.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0624°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)91.39°
🪷 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 (24.0624°), declination -23.24°, 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: 2014-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)