पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 13, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya58.39°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
चन्द्र Candra156.10°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala210.77°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha35.55°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.26°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra59.83°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani228.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:42 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:34 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:36 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:42 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:43 – 03:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:28 – 04:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta19:22 – 19:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:34 – 20:11
Amṛta Kāla19:19 – 21:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:33 – 08:25
Yamaganda10:16 – 12:08
Gulika Kāla13:59 – 15:51
Varjyam05:19 – 05:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:42 – 06:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:33 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:25 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:16 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:08 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:59 – 15:51 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:51 – 17:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:42 – 19:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:34 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:42 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:51 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:59 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:08 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:16 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:25 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:33 – 04:42 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869087.27
Julian Day2457552.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0828°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)96.19°
🪷 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 (24.0828°), declination 23.22°, EoT 0.22 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: 2016-06-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)