पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 14, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.55 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान्।

आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते।।2.55।।
"2.55 Lord Shri Krishna replied: When a man has given up the desires of his heart and is satisfied with the Self alone, be sure that he has reached the highest state." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.55's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya300.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra13.90°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala206.89°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha275.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.36°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra271.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani230.78°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:06 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:23 – 17:43
Yamaganda12:23 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:03 – 16:23
Varjyam07:29 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:02 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:22 – 09:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:42 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:03 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:03 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:23 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:43 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:23 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:03 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:03 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:42 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:22 – 07:02 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868967.27
Julian Day2457432.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0782°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)70.75°
🪷 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 (24.0782°), declination -13.26°, EoT -14.59 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: 2016-02-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)