पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 17, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya90.92°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra275.89°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.32°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha76.36°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati39.43°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra100.71°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani34.32°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:28 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 35 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 24 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta19:20 – 19:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:32 – 20:08
Amṛta Kāla19:17 – 21:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:46 – 08:35
Yamaganda10:24 – 12:14
Gulika Kāla14:03 – 15:53
Varjyam05:33 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:56 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:46 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:35 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:24 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:14 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:03 – 15:53 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:53 – 17:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:42 – 19:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:32 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:42 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:53 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:03 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:14 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:24 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:35 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:46 – 04:56 (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 — 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863277.27 · 5101.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451742.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8606° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.8606°) · declination 21.17° · EoT -5.77 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:2000-07-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)