पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 4, 2016 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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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 2.45 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन।

निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान्।।2.45।।
"2.45 The Vedic Scriptures tell of the three constituents of life - the Qualities. Rise above all of them, O Arjuna, above all the pairs of opposing sensations; be steady in truth, free from worldly anxieties and centered in the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.56°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra233.08°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.14°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha264.96°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.30°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra259.47°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani230.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:48 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 14:57
Yamaganda07:13 – 08:30
Gulika Kāla09:48 – 11:05
Varjyam07:39 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:13 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:30 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:48 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:05 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:40 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:57 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:14 – 17:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:32 – 19:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:14 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:57 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:40 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:05 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:48 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:30 – 07:13 (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 Ekādaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868957.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457422.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0778° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)303.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.0778°) · declination -16.44° · EoT -14.09 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:2016-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)