पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 26, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.58°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra24.65°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.45°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha253.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati277.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra228.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani276.81°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:35 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:16 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:11 – 06:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:00 – 11:15
Yamaganda13:44 – 14:58
Gulika Kāla07:31 – 08:46
Varjyam07:56 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:31 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:46 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:00 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:15 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:29 – 13:44 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:44 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:58 – 16:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:13 – 17:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:27 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:13 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:58 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:44 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:29 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:15 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:00 – 05:46 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:46 – 07:31 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870744.27
Julian Day2459209.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1461°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)132.57°
🪷 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 (24.1461°), declination -23.35°, EoT -0.96 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: 2020-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)