पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · April 17, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya3.36°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra297.02°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.59°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha345.16°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra46.60°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani277.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:39 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:26 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:33
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 12:28
Yamaganda15:44 – 17:22
Gulika Kāla07:34 – 09:12
Varjyam06:28 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:56 – 07:34 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:34 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:12 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:50 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:28 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:06 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:44 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:22 – 19:00 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:00 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:22 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:44 – 23:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:06 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:28 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:50 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:12 – 04:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:34 – 05:56 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870491.27
Julian Day2458956.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1365°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.02°
🪷 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 (24.1365°), declination 10.58°, EoT 0.26 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: 2020-04-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)