पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · January 31, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.71 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः।

निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति।।2.71।।
"2.71 He attains Peace who, giving up desire, moves through the world without aspiration, possessing nothing which he can call his own, and free from pride." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.00°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra99.72°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha274.87°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.83°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra291.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani250.48°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:16 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:09 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:01 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:42 – 14:01
Yamaganda08:45 – 10:04
Gulika Kāla11:23 – 12:42
Varjyam07:52 – 08:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-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 Labha07:25 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:45 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:04 – 11:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:23 – 12:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:42 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:01 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:20 – 16:39 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:39 – 17:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:58 – 19:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:39 – 21:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:20 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:01 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:42 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:23 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:04 – 05:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:45 – 07:25 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869684.27
Julian Day2458149.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1056°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.72°
🪷 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 (24.1056°), declination -17.44°, EoT -13.53 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: 2018-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)