पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · April 7, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।
अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।
अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — 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 Amāvasyā (30/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Revatī Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Indra |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Catuṣpāda |
| वार (Vāra) | Guruvāra (Thursday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 353.58° | Mīna | Revatī P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 347.48° | Mīna | Revatī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 223.95° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P4 |
| बुध Budha | 7.67° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 140.05° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 337.40° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P2 |
| शनि Śani | 231.99° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
☀️ Washington DC, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:44 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:37 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:11 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 05:28 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 18:04 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 53 Mins 43 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 06 Mins 17 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:01 – 04:52 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:39 – 05:44 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:45 – 12:36 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:20 – 15:11 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:25 – 18:49 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:37 – 19:10 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:22 – 20:07 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:45 – 00:36 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 13:47 – 15:24 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 05:44 – 07:20 |
| Gulika Kāla | 08:57 – 10:34 |
| Varjyam | 06:16 – 06:37 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:44 – 09:10 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Śubha | 05:44 – 07:20 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Roga | 07:20 – 08:57 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Udveg | 08:57 – 10:34 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Chala | 10:34 – 12:11 (neutral) |
| Day-5 Labha | 12:11 – 13:47 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Amṛta | 13:47 – 15:24 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Kāla | 15:24 – 17:01 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Śubha | 17:01 – 18:37 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Amṛta | 18:37 – 20:01 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Kāla | 20:01 – 21:24 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Śubha | 21:24 – 22:47 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Roga | 22:47 – 00:11 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Udveg | 00:11 – 01:34 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Chala | 01:34 – 02:57 (neutral) |
| Night-7 Labha | 02:57 – 04:20 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Amṛta | 04:20 – 05:44 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)
🌌 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) | 1869020.27 · 5117.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2457485.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0802° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 353.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0802°) · declination 6.93° · EoT -2.49 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:2016-04-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)