पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · March 14, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra20.58°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala298.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha342.72°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.52°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra308.13°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani317.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:14 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:49 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:06
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:37
Yamaganda06:41 – 08:10
Gulika Kāla09:39 – 11:09
Varjyam07:10 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Śubha06:41 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:10 – 09:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:39 – 11:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:09 – 12:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:38 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:08 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:37 – 17:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:06 – 18:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:36 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:06 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:37 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:08 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:38 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:09 – 03:39 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:39 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:10 – 06:41 (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 Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871918.27
Julian Day2460383.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1910°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)48.25°
🪷 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 (24.1910°), declination -2.40°, EoT -9.94 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: 2024-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)