पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 8, 2012 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya202.00°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra123.96°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.04°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha220.26°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra168.57°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani189.68°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:57 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:23 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:27
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:09 – 14:27
Yamaganda06:43 – 08:01
Gulika Kāla09:18 – 10:35
Varjyam07:09 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:43 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:01 – 09:18 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:18 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:35 – 11:52 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:52 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:09 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:27 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:44 – 17:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:01 – 18:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:44 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:27 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:09 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:52 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:35 – 03:18 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:18 – 05:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:01 – 06:43 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1867774.27 · 5113.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456239.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0326° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)285.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (24.0326°) · declination -16.64° · EoT 15.99 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:2012-11-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)