पञ्चाङ्ग — Phoenix, USA · October 9, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya171.54°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra151.87°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.74°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha196.05°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.54°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra193.37°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani346.76°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 UTC-7
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 UTC-7
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-7
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:49 UTC-7
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:03 UTC-7
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 12:15
Yamaganda15:09 – 16:35
Gulika Kāla07:54 – 09:21
Varjyam06:56 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:27 – 07:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:54 – 09:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:21 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:48 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:15 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:09 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:35 – 18:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:02 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:35 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:09 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:15 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:48 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:21 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:54 – 06:27 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872857.27
Julian Day2461322.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2270°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.66°
🪷 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 (24.2270°), declination -6.20°, EoT 13.49 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: 2026-10-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)