पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 5, 2016 CE

Also observed today

मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।

"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla 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)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	79.38°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra	86.90°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	209.00°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
बुध Budha	76.57°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	142.93°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra	86.88°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
शनि Śani	226.68°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:48 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:36 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:24 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:01 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 48 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 11 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:50 – 03:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:34 – 04:48
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:43 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:24 – 19:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:36 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla	19:21 – 21:06
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:43 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:54 – 17:45
Yamaganda	08:30 – 10:21
Gulika Kāla	12:12 – 14:03
Varjyam	05:25 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	04:48 – 06:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:39 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:30 – 10:21 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:21 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:12 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	14:03 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:54 – 17:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:45 – 19:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:36 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:45 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:54 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	23:03 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:12 – 01:21 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:21 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:30 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:39 – 04:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869109.27
Julian Day	2457574.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0836°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	9.07°

🪷 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 (24.0836°), declination 22.76°, EoT -4.19 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: 2016-07-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)