पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · April 11, 2016 CE

Also observed today

विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।

"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

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

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	357.51°	Mīna	Revatī P4
चन्द्र Candra	47.61°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	224.35°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	14.64°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	139.71°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	342.33°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani	231.89°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:38 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:41 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:09 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	08:10 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:50 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 03 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 56 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:53 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:32 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:43 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:20 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:41 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla	18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:43 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:16 – 08:54
Yamaganda	10:32 – 12:09
Gulika Kāla	13:47 – 15:25
Varjyam	06:10 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta	08:41 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	05:38 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:16 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:54 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:32 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:09 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:47 – 15:25 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:25 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:03 – 18:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:41 – 20:03 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:03 – 21:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:25 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:47 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:09 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:32 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:54 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:16 – 05:38 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869024.27
Julian Day	2457489.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0804°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	47.32°

🪷 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 (24.0804°), declination 8.42°, EoT -1.32 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: 2016-04-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)