पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · March 9, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.2 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
"13.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and That which knows the activities of Matter, sages call the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya324.57°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra100.65°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha326.11°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.13°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.46°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.87°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:48 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:40 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 06:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:49 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:36
Yamaganda06:47 – 08:15
Gulika Kāla09:44 – 11:12
Varjyam07:17 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:47 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:15 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:44 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:12 – 12:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:40 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:08 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:36 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:04 – 18:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:32 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:04 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:36 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:08 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:40 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:12 – 03:44 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:44 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:15 – 06:47 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869356.27
Julian Day2457821.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0931°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.45°
🪷 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 (24.0931°), declination -4.49°, EoT -11.28 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: 2017-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)