पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · August 20, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.13°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra100.15°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.24°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha135.19°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.46°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra88.36°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani236.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:03 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:56 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:08 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:30 – 19:09
Yamaganda12:31 – 14:11
Gulika Kāla15:50 – 17:30
Varjyam06:27 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:54 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:33 – 09:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:13 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:31 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:11 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:50 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:30 – 19:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:09 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:30 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:50 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:11 – 00:31 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:31 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:13 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:33 – 05:54 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869520.27
Julian Day2457985.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0993°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.83°
🪷 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 (24.0993°), declination 12.43°, EoT -3.05 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: 2017-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)