पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · August 1, 2016 CE

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मासिक शिवरात्रि · Māsika ŚivarātriShaiva

🪷 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: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	105.15°	Karka	Puṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra	82.07°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	215.15°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
बुध Budha	127.64°	Siṃha	Maghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	147.39°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra	120.06°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शनि Śani	225.63°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:41 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:28 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:34 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	03:55 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)	18:09 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 47 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 12 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:50 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:32 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:52 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:28 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla	19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:07 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:24 – 09:07
Yamaganda	10:51 – 12:34
Gulika Kāla	14:18 – 16:01
Varjyam	06:15 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta	08:54 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	05:41 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:24 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:07 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:51 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:34 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	14:18 – 16:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	16:01 – 17:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:45 – 19:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:28 – 20:45 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:45 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	22:01 – 23:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	23:18 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:34 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:51 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:07 – 04:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:24 – 05:41 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 33.4484°

Longitude: -112.074°

Timezone: UTC+-7

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869136.27
Julian Day	2457601.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0846°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	338.33°

🪷 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 (24.0846°), declination 17.94°, EoT -6.02 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: 2016-08-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)