पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · July 7, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.24 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्।

तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः।।8.24।।
"8.24 If knowing the Supreme Spirit the sage goes forth with fire and light, in the daytime, in the fortnight of the waxing moon and in the six months before the Northern summer solstice, he will attain the Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.77°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra170.26°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala6.70°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha68.99°MithunaĀrdrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.77°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra52.27°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani300.33°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:43 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:18 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 16 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 43 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:13 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:53
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:17
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:20 – 16:07
Yamaganda05:24 – 07:12
Gulika Kāla08:59 – 10:46
Varjyam06:00 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:24 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:12 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:59 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:46 – 12:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:33 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:20 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:07 – 17:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:54 – 19:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:41 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:54 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:07 – 23:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:20 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:33 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:46 – 02:59 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:59 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:12 – 05:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871302.27
Julian Day2459767.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1675°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.18°
🪷 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 (24.1675°), declination 22.60°, EoT -4.52 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: 2022-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)