पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 18, 2000 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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Also observed today
- कूर्म जयन्ती · Kūrma JayantīVaishnava
- चण्डिका जयन्ती · Chaṇḍikā JayantīShakta
- चित्रा पौर्णमी · Citrā PaurṇamīRegional
- वैशाख पूर्णिमा व्रत · Vaiśākha Pūrṇimā VratPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Viśākhā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Parigha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Guruvāra (Thursday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 33.56° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 210.59° | Vṛścika | Viśākhā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 46.05° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P2 |
| बुध Budha | 44.04° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 26.34° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 27.00° | Meṣa | Kṛttikā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 27.47° | Meṣa | Kṛttikā P1 |
☀️ Washington DC, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 04:53 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 19:16 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:04 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 18:53 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 04:52 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 14 Hours 22 Mins 59 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 9 Hours 37 Mins 01 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 02:58 – 03:55 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:41 – 04:53 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:36 – 12:33 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:28 – 15:26 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 19:04 – 19:28 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 19:16 – 19:52 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 19:01 – 20:46 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:36 – 00:33 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 13:52 – 15:40 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 04:53 – 06:41 |
| Gulika Kāla | 08:29 – 10:17 |
| Varjyam | 05:29 – 05:52 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:14 – 08:43 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Śubha | 04:53 – 06:41 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Roga | 06:41 – 08:29 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Udveg | 08:29 – 10:17 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Chala | 10:17 – 12:04 (neutral) |
| Day-5 Labha | 12:04 – 13:52 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Amṛta | 13:52 – 15:40 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Kāla | 15:40 – 17:28 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Śubha | 17:28 – 19:16 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Amṛta | 19:16 – 20:28 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Kāla | 20:28 – 21:40 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Śubha | 21:40 – 22:52 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Roga | 22:52 – 00:04 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Udveg | 00:04 – 01:17 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Chala | 01:17 – 02:29 (neutral) |
| Night-7 Labha | 02:29 – 03:41 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Amṛta | 03:41 – 04:53 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Bhāgavata 1.3.24 (Buddha as 21st avatāra) + BG 12.13 (compassion) + Dhammapada parallels.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā + Viśākhā)
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
🌌 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 Year | 5102 · Kali-5102 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1863217.27 · 5101.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2451682.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8583° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 178.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8583°) · declination 19.58° · EoT 3.69 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:2000-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)