पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 25, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.20 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा

यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते।

ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक

मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान्।।9.20।।
"9.20 Those who are versed in the scriptures, who drink the mystic Soma-juice and are purified from sin, but who while worshipping Me with sacrifices pray that I will lead them to heaven; they reach the holy world where lives the Controller of the Powers of Nature, and they enjoy …" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.61°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra32.90°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha235.76°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra226.86°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani194.67°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:32 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:51 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:10 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:30 – 15:41
Yamaganda09:47 – 10:58
Gulika Kāla12:09 – 13:19
Varjyam07:49 – 08:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:25 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:36 – 09:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:47 – 10:58 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:58 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:09 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:19 – 14:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:30 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:41 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:52 – 18:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:41 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:30 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:19 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:09 – 01:58 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:58 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:47 – 05:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:36 – 07:25 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1867821.27 · 5113.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456286.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0344° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)141.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0344°) · declination -23.39° · EoT -0.49 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:2012-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)