पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 24, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।
"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.11'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya306.94°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra23.82°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala102.87°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha318.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati5.92°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra307.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani285.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:23 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:43 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 29 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 30 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:07 – 06:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:36 – 07:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:08 – 13:19
Yamaganda08:35 – 09:46
Gulika Kāla10:57 – 12:08
Varjyam07:47 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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):
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 Labha07:23 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:35 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:46 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:57 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:08 – 13:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:19 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:31 – 15:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:42 – 16:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:53 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:42 – 20:31 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:31 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:19 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:08 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:57 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:46 – 05:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:35 – 07:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12839.73
Julian Day575625.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8939°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)76.88°
🪷 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 (-47.8939°), declination -22.98°, EoT -0.03 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: -3137-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)