पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 4, 2008 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 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra253.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.12°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha296.37°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra259.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani132.59°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:13 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:30 – 09:48
Yamaganda11:05 – 12:22
Gulika Kāla13:40 – 14:57
Varjyam07:39 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:13 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:30 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:48 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:05 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:22 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:40 – 14:57 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:57 – 16:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:14 – 17:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:32 – 19:14 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:14 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:57 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:40 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:22 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:05 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:48 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:30 – 07:13 (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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866035.27 · 5109.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454500.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9660° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.9660°) · declination -16.46° · EoT -14.09 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:2008-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)