पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 19, 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.12 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च।

मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्।।8.12।।
"8.12 Closing the gates of the body, drawing the forces of his mind into the heart and by the power of meditation concentrating his vital energy in the brain;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya213.08°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra283.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.30°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha209.73°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.75°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra182.08°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani190.97°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:35 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:36 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:06 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:10 – 09:25
Yamaganda10:40 – 11:54
Gulika Kāla13:09 – 14:23
Varjyam07:21 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Amṛta06:56 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:10 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:25 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:40 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:54 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:09 – 14:23 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:23 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:38 – 16:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:52 – 18:38 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:38 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:23 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:09 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:54 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:40 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:25 – 05:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:10 – 06:56 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1867785.27 · 5113.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456250.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0330° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)67.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.0330°) · declination -19.51° · EoT 13.96 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:2012-11-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)