पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 27, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.2 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ।

तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते।।5.2।।
"5.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Renunciation of action and the path of right action both lead to the highest; of the two, right action is the better." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya71.29°MithunaĀrdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra67.91°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.55°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha60.70°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati90.99°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra39.92°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani202.80°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:44 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:32 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:23 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:45 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:15
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:19 – 12:11
Yamaganda15:54 – 17:46
Gulika Kāla06:36 – 08:28
Varjyam05:22 – 05:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:44 – 06:36 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:36 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:28 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:19 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:11 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:02 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:54 – 17:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:46 – 19:37 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:37 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:46 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:54 – 23:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:02 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:11 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:19 – 02:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:28 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:36 – 04:44 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868370.27
Julian Day2456835.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0554°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)358.13°
🪷 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 (24.0554°), declination 23.33°, EoT -2.69 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: 2014-06-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)