पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 31, 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 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya346.73°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra269.49°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala76.24°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha331.05°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.69°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra328.30°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani128.45°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:14 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:52 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:29 – 09:04
Yamaganda10:38 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:47 – 15:22
Varjyam06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:55 – 07:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:29 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:04 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:38 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:47 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:22 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:56 – 18:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:31 – 19:56 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:56 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:22 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:47 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:38 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:04 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:29 – 05:55 (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)1866091.27 · 5109.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454556.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9682° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9682°) · declination 4.23° · EoT -4.66 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:2008-03-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)