पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 20, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.11 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत।।14.11।।
"14.11 When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya93.00°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra328.27°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala56.04°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha119.71°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.59°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra85.28°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani167.28°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:02 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 32 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 27 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 04:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:45 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:14 – 14:03
Yamaganda06:47 – 08:36
Gulika Kāla10:25 – 12:14
Varjyam05:34 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:58 – 06:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:47 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:36 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:25 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:14 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:03 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:52 – 17:41 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:41 – 19:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:30 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:41 – 21:52 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:52 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:03 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:14 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:25 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:36 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:47 – 04:58 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867297.27 · 5112.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455762.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0143° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)237.69° · 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 (24.0143°) · declination 20.75° · EoT -5.99 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:2011-07-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)