पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 15, 2011 CE

Also observed today

व्यास पूर्णिमा · Vyāsa Pūrṇimā (= Guru Pūrṇimā)Pan-Hindu
मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.6 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्।सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ।।14.6।।

"14.6 O Sinless One! Of these, Purity, being luminous, strong and invulnerable, binds one by its yearning for happiness and illumination." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara

Bengali Saṁvat: 1418

Malayalam Era: 1187

Nanakshahi: 542

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	88.23°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra	265.42°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	52.60°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
बुध Budha	114.32°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	12.95°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra	79.14°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P4
शनि Śani	167.01°	Kanyā	Hasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:54 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:33 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	19:15 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:50 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 38 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 21 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:57 – 03:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:41 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:44 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:40 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:21 – 19:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:33 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla	19:18 – 21:03
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:44 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:24 – 12:14
Yamaganda	15:53 – 17:43
Gulika Kāla	06:44 – 08:34
Varjyam	05:31 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta	08:19 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Chala	04:54 – 06:44 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	06:44 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:34 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:24 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:14 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	14:04 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:53 – 17:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:43 – 19:33 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	19:33 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:43 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:53 – 23:04 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	23:04 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:14 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:24 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:34 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	03:44 – 04:54 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867292.27
Julian Day	2455757.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0141°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	179.03°

🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0141°), declination 21.60°, EoT -5.58 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2011-07-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)