पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 11, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.11 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः।

परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ।।3.11।।
"3.11 Worship the Powers of Nature thereby, and let them nourish you in return; thus supporting each other, you shall attain your highest welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.73°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra273.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha8.83°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati28.33°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra59.50°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani180.08°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:25 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:18 – 12:04
Yamaganda15:37 – 17:23
Gulika Kāla06:45 – 08:32
Varjyam05:35 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:59 – 06:45 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:45 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:32 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:18 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:37 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:23 – 19:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:10 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:23 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:37 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:18 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:32 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:45 – 04:59 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867593.27 · 5113.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456058.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0256° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.0256°) · declination 17.94° · EoT 3.71 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:2012-05-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)