पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · September 15, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.6 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।

तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।8.6।।
"8.6 On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya148.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra305.04°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha144.45°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati156.53°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra175.21°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani226.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:04 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 15:10
Yamaganda05:49 – 07:22
Gulika Kāla08:56 – 10:29
Varjyam06:20 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:49 – 07:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:22 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:56 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:29 – 12:03 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:03 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:10 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:43 – 18:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:16 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:43 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:10 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:03 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:29 – 02:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:56 – 04:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:22 – 05:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869181.27
Julian Day2457646.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0864°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.38°
🪷 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 (24.0864°), declination 2.92°, EoT 5.50 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: 2016-09-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)