पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 22, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya304.92°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra358.22°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.50°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha315.35°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati5.59°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra304.98°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani285.23°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

Washington DC, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:37 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:44 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 31 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 28 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:33 – 09:44
Yamaganda10:56 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:19 – 14:30
Varjyam07:45 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:22 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:33 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:44 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:56 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:19 – 14:30 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:30 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:41 – 16:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:53 – 18:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:41 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:30 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:19 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:56 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:44 – 05:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:33 – 07:22 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12841.73
Julian Day575623.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8940°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.30°
🪷 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 (-47.8940°), declination -22.80°, EoT 0.91 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: -3137-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)