पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 3, 2016 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.9 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु।

साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते।।6.9।।
"6.9 He looks impartially on all - lover, friend or foe; indifferent or hostile; alien or relative; virtuous or sinful." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.9'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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya77.47°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra58.42°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala208.89°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha72.22°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.64°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra84.42°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani226.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:47 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:31 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:49 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:46 – 19:37
Yamaganda12:12 – 14:03
Gulika Kāla15:54 – 17:46
Varjyam05:24 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:47 – 06:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:38 – 08:30 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:30 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:21 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:12 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:03 – 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 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:03 – 00:12 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:12 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:21 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:30 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:38 – 04:47 (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 — 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869107.27 · 5117.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457572.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0835° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0835°) · declination 22.93° · EoT -3.84 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:2016-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)