पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · August 15, 2013 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।

"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	118.35°	Karka	Aśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra	215.94°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	87.37°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
बुध Budha	107.91°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	76.28°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra	153.86°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	191.66°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:03 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:48 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 42 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 17 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:32 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:13 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:45 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:29 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:03 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla	18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:45 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:55 – 15:38
Yamaganda	05:21 – 07:04
Gulika Kāla	08:47 – 10:30
Varjyam	05:55 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta	08:33 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:21 – 07:04 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	07:04 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:47 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:30 – 12:12 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	12:12 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:55 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:38 – 17:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	17:21 – 19:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	19:03 – 20:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	20:21 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:38 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:55 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	00:12 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:30 – 02:47 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:47 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	04:04 – 05:21 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868054.27
Julian Day	2456519.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0433°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	100.43°

🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0433°), declination 14.05°, EoT -4.18 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2013-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)