पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 31, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.10 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
"17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.48°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra277.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.93°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha111.20°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.74°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra125.83°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani214.00°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:56 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 13 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 46 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:56 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:57
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:27 – 12:14
Yamaganda15:48 – 17:34
Gulika Kāla06:54 – 08:41
Varjyam05:43 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
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 Chala05:07 – 06:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:54 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:41 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:27 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:01 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:48 – 17:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:34 – 19:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:21 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:34 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:48 – 23:01 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:01 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:27 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:41 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:54 – 05:07 (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 Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868769.27
Julian Day2457234.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0706°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.31°
🪷 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 (24.0706°), declination 18.38°, EoT -6.07 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: 2015-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)