पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · March 20, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.18 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।

न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
"3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra117.42°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha331.77°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra315.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani232.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:21 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:45 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:09 – 18:40
Yamaganda12:36 – 14:07
Gulika Kāla15:38 – 17:09
Varjyam07:03 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:33 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:04 – 09:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:35 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:05 – 12:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:36 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:07 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:38 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:09 – 18:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:40 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:09 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:38 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:07 – 00:36 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:36 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:05 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:35 – 05:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:04 – 06:33 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869002.27
Julian Day2457467.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0795°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.33°
🪷 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 (24.0795°), declination -0.05°, EoT -8.15 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: 2016-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)