पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 12, 2012 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 1.41 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः।

स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः।।1.41।।
"1.41 When irreligion spreads, the women of the house begin to stray; when they lose their purity, adulteration of the stock follows." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya298.69°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra173.40°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala146.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha302.12°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati9.90°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra340.26°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani185.21°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:21 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:42 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:21 – 17:41
Yamaganda12:23 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:02 – 16:21
Varjyam07:31 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:04 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:24 – 09:44 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:44 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:03 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:02 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:21 – 17:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:41 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:21 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:02 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:03 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:44 – 05:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:24 – 07:04 (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 — 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)1867504.27 · 5113.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455969.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0222° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)232.69° · 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 (24.0222°) · declination -13.94° · EoT -14.59 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:2012-02-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)