पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 26, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.2 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव।

न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन।।6.2।।
"6.2 O Arjuna! Renunciation is in fact what is called Right Action. No one can become spiritual who has not renounced all desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya70.80°MithunaĀrdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra318.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala208.93°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha57.54°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati141.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra75.81°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani227.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:44 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:23 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:45 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:46 – 19:37
Yamaganda12:11 – 14:02
Gulika Kāla15:54 – 17:46
Varjyam05:21 – 05:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:44 – 06:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:36 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:19 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:11 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:02 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:54 – 17:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:46 – 19:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:37 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:46 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:54 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:02 – 00:11 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:11 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:19 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:36 – 04:44 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869100.27
Julian Day2457565.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0833°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.31°
🪷 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 (24.0833°), declination 23.35°, EoT -2.49 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: 2016-06-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)