पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 6, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya21.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra10.96°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha27.38°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra13.13°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani230.79°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:34 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:08 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 00 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 59 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:12 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:20 – 12:05
Yamaganda15:35 – 17:20
Gulika Kāla06:49 – 08:35
Varjyam05:39 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:49

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: Vasanta (Spring)
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 Chala05:04 – 06:49 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:49 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:35 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:20 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:05 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:50 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:35 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:20 – 19:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:05 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:20 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:35 – 22:50 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:50 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:05 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:20 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:35 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:49 – 05:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869049.27
Julian Day2457514.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0813°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.99°
🪷 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 (24.0813°), declination 16.61°, EoT 3.44 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: 2016-05-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)