पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · December 12, 2021 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।

"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda

Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1428

Malayalam Era: 1197

Nanakshahi: 552

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	236.07°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	337.57°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	214.58°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
बुध Budha	242.89°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	302.82°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	270.97°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani	285.79°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:24 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:22 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:23 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:04 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:13 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 58 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 01 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:04 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:34 – 07:24
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:03 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:02 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla	17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:03 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:07 – 17:22
Yamaganda	12:23 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla	14:52 – 16:07
Varjyam	07:49 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta	09:43 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	07:24 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:38 – 09:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:53 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	11:08 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:23 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:38 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:52 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:07 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:22 – 19:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:07 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:52 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:38 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:23 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	02:08 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:53 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:38 – 07:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 33.4484°

Longitude: -112.074°

Timezone: UTC+-7

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871095.27
Julian Day	2459560.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1596°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	98.37°

🪷 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 (24.1596°), declination -23.08°, EoT 5.54 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: 2021-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)