पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · April 5, 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
Also observed today
- प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।
तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Śatabhiṣā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śukla |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Gara |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 351.61° | Mīna | Revatī P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 317.53° | Kumbha | Śatabhiṣā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 223.69° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P4 |
| बुध Budha | 3.87° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 140.24° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 334.93° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 232.03° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
☀️ Washington DC, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:47 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:36 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:11 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 04:15 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 15:35 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 48 Mins 44 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 11 Mins 16 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:04 – 04:56 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:43 – 05:47 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:46 – 12:37 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:19 – 15:11 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:24 – 18:48 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:36 – 19:08 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:21 – 20:06 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:46 – 00:37 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:23 – 17:00 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 08:59 – 10:35 |
| Gulika Kāla | 12:11 – 13:47 |
| Varjyam | 06:19 – 06:39 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:46 – 09:12 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 05:47 – 07:23 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 07:23 – 08:59 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 08:59 – 10:35 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:35 – 12:11 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 12:11 – 13:47 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 13:47 – 15:23 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 15:23 – 17:00 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 17:00 – 18:36 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 18:36 – 20:00 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 20:00 – 21:23 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 21:23 – 22:47 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 22:47 – 00:11 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 00:11 – 01:35 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:35 – 02:59 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 02:59 – 04:23 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 04:23 – 05:47 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 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 Year | 5117 · Kali-5117 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1869018.27 · 5117.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2457483.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0801° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 327.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0801°) · declination 6.17° · EoT -3.10 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:2016-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)