पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 13, 2015 CE

🪷 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 10.34 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्।

कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा।।10.34।।
"10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy and Forgiveness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.45°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra174.37°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.17°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha287.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.84°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra287.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani217.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:26 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:21 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:40 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:42 – 15:55
Yamaganda09:52 – 11:04
Gulika Kāla12:17 – 13:29
Varjyam07:51 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:26 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:39 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:52 – 11:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:04 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:17 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:42 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:55 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:07 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:55 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:42 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:17 – 02:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:04 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:52 – 05:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:39 – 07:26 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868570.27
Julian Day2457035.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0630°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.05°
🪷 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 (24.0630°), declination -21.56°, EoT -8.64 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: 2015-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)