पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 28, 2014 CE

Also observed today

मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।

"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla 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)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	72.24°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra	80.08°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	172.92°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
बुध Budha	60.40°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	91.21°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra	41.11°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
शनि Śani	202.77°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:45 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:11 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:20 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 52 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 07 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:46 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:30 – 04:45
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:41 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:40 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:37 – 20:15
Amṛta Kāla	19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:41 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:28 – 10:19
Yamaganda	14:03 – 15:54
Gulika Kāla	04:45 – 06:36
Varjyam	05:22 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:13 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	04:45 – 06:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	06:36 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:28 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:19 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:11 – 14:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	14:03 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:54 – 17:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	17:46 – 19:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	19:37 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	20:46 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:54 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	23:03 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:11 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:19 – 02:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:28 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	03:36 – 04:45 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868371.27
Julian Day	2456836.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0554°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	9.96°

🪷 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 23.29°, EoT -2.89 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: 2014-06-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)