पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · August 23, 1996 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.76 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः।।18.76।।
"18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.76's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.39°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra227.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala84.92°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha153.77°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra80.62°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani342.55°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:09 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:42 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:41 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:22 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:30 – 12:10
Yamaganda15:31 – 17:12
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:49
Varjyam06:02 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:29 – 07:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:09 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:49 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:30 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:10 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:31 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:12 – 18:52 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:52 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:12 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:31 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:10 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:30 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:49 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:09 – 05:29 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861853.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450318.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8061° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)104.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8061°) · declination 11.40° · EoT -2.27 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1996-08-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)