पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · August 6, 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 15.1 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्।।15.1।।
"15.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: This phenomenal creation, which is both ephemeral and eternal, is like a tree, but having its seed above in the Highest and its ramifications on this earth below. The scriptures are its leaves, and he who understands this, knows." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla 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)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.25°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra193.74°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala67.55°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha126.75°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.29°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra106.21°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani168.47°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:35 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:08 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:20 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:43 – 10:28
Yamaganda13:59 – 15:44
Gulika Kāla05:13 – 06:58
Varjyam05:48 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:13 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:58 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:43 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:28 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:14 – 13:59 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:59 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:44 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:30 – 19:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:15 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:30 – 21:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:44 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:59 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:14 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:28 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:43 – 03:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:58 – 05:13 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1867314.27 · 5112.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455779.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0150° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)82.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (24.0150°) · declination 16.84° · EoT -5.59 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:2011-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)