पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · August 14, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.9 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।
"15.9 He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste and the smell, yea and of the mind also; and the enjoyment the things which they perceive is also His." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.9'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

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya116.92°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra299.80°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala72.85°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha122.20°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.81°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra116.10°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani169.15°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:06 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:42 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 45 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 14 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:22 – 19:05
Yamaganda12:13 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla15:39 – 17:22
Varjyam05:54 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:20 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:03 – 08:46 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:46 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:13 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:56 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:39 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:22 – 19:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:05 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:22 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:39 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:56 – 00:13 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:13 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 02:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:46 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:03 – 05:20 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867322.27
Julian Day2455787.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0153°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.87°
🪷 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 (24.0153°), declination 14.52°, EoT -4.37 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: 2011-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)