पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 30, 2014 CE

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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.11 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे।

गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः।।2.11।।
"2.11 Lord Shri Krishna said: Why grieve for those for whom no grief is due, and yet profess wisdom? The wise grieve neither for the dead nor the living." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.01°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra273.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.29°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha304.10°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.73°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.16°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:39 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:25 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:38 – 14:54
Yamaganda07:17 – 08:33
Gulika Kāla09:49 – 11:05
Varjyam07:42 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 09:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 Śubha07:17 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:33 – 09:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:49 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:05 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:38 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:54 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:10 – 17:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:26 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:10 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:54 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:38 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:05 – 03:49 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:49 – 05:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:33 – 07:17 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868222.27 · 5115.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456687.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0497° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)348.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.0497°) · declination -17.72° · EoT -13.36 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:2014-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)