पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 24, 2011 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.20 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा

यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते।

ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक

मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान्।।9.20।।
"9.20 Those who are versed in the scriptures, who drink the mystic Soma-juice and are purified from sin, but who while worshipping Me with sacrifices pray that I will lead them to heaven; they reach the holy world where lives the Controller of the Powers of Nature, and they enjoy …" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra156.67°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha259.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra233.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani172.97°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:06 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:10 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:36 – 09:51
Yamaganda11:05 – 12:20
Gulika Kāla13:35 – 14:50
Varjyam07:46 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:21 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:36 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:51 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:05 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:20 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:35 – 14:50 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:50 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:04 – 17:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:19 – 19:04 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:04 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:50 – 22:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:35 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:20 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:05 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:51 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:36 – 07:21 (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 Year5112 · Kali-5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867120.27 · 5112.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455585.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0075° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)233.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0075°) · declination -19.33° · EoT -12.06 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2011-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)