पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 24, 2016 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 11.2 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया।

त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम्।।11.2।।
"11.2 O Lord, whose eyes are like the lotus petal! Thou hast described in detail the origin and the dissolution of being, and Thine own Eternal Majesty." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.57°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra191.09°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala309.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha258.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.62°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra294.40°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani236.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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)03:11 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:06 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:11 – 06:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 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 Kāla09:59 – 11:14
Yamaganda13:43 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla07:30 – 08:45
Varjyam07:55 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
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 Kāla07:30 – 08:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:45 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:59 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:14 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:28 – 13:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:43 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:57 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:12 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:26 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:12 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:57 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:43 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:28 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:14 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:59 – 05:45 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:45 – 07:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869281.27
Julian Day2457746.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0902°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)300.45°
🪷 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 (24.0902°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2016-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)