पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · August 12, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.20°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra124.00°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha109.87°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.65°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra160.75°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani248.83°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:18 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:33 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:44 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:06 – 19:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:18 – 19:52
Amṛta Kāla19:03 – 20:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:37 – 19:18
Yamaganda12:33 – 14:14
Gulika Kāla15:56 – 17:37
Varjyam06:22 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:48 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:29 – 09:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:10 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:33 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:14 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:56 – 17:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:37 – 19:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:18 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:37 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:56 – 23:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:14 – 00:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:33 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:10 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:29 – 05:48 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869877.27
Julian Day2458342.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1130°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.89°
🪷 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 (24.1130°), declination 15.03°, EoT -4.74 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: 2018-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)