पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 25, 1998 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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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.25 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः।सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते।।14.25।।
"14.25 Who looks equally upon honour and dishonour, loves friends and foes alike, abandons all initiative, such is he who transcends the Qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya312.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra289.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala330.27°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha314.67°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.09°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra270.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani353.83°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:43 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:55 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:22 – 13:45
Yamaganda08:11 – 09:35
Gulika Kāla10:58 – 12:22
Varjyam07:15 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:48 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:11 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:35 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:58 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:22 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:45 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:09 – 16:33 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:33 – 17:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:56 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:33 – 21:09 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:09 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:45 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:22 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:58 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:35 – 05:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:11 – 06:48 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862404.27 · 5099.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450869.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8272° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)336.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.8272°) · declination -9.23° · EoT -13.70 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:1998-02-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)