पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · April 8, 2016 CE
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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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Also observed today
- मीन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mīna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla 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) | Śukla Pratipada (1/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Aśvinī Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Vaidhṛti |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Śukravāra (Friday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 354.56° | Mīna | Revatī P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 2.72° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 224.06° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P4 |
| बुध Budha | 9.50° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 139.96° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 338.63° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P2 |
| शनि Śani | 231.97° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
☀️ Washington DC, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:42 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:38 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:10 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 06:06 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 19:20 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 56 Mins 12 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 03 Mins 48 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:59 – 04:50 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:38 – 05:42 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:44 – 12:36 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:20 – 15:11 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:26 – 18:50 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:38 – 19:11 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:23 – 20:08 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:44 – 00:36 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 10:33 – 12:10 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 15:24 – 17:01 |
| Gulika Kāla | 07:19 – 08:56 |
| Varjyam | 06:15 – 06:35 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:43 – 09:09 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
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
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Chala | 05:42 – 07:19 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Labha | 07:19 – 08:56 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Amṛta | 08:56 – 10:33 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Kāla | 10:33 – 12:10 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Śubha | 12:10 – 13:47 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Roga | 13:47 – 15:24 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Udveg | 15:24 – 17:01 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Chala | 17:01 – 18:38 (neutral) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Roga | 18:38 – 20:01 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Udveg | 20:01 – 21:24 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Chala | 21:24 – 22:47 (neutral) |
| Night-4 Labha | 22:47 – 00:10 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Amṛta | 00:10 – 01:33 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Kāla | 01:33 – 02:56 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Śubha | 02:56 – 04:19 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Roga | 04:19 – 05:42 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pratipada + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
🌌 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) | 1869021.27 · 5117.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2457486.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0803° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 7.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0803°) · declination 7.30° · EoT -2.19 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:2016-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)