पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · October 11, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: विजय दशमी — Vijaya Daśamī (Dasarā / Daśaharā)
Rāma's victory over Rāvaṇa; Durgā's victory; ārambha-divasa for śilpa-kalā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.4 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।

मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः।।9.4।।
"9.4 The whole world is pervaded by Me, yet My form is not seen. All living things have their being in Me, yet I am not limited by them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya174.07°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra285.83°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala254.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha161.92°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati162.15°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra206.90°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani228.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:18 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:24 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:45 – 16:10
Yamaganda09:04 – 10:29
Gulika Kāla11:54 – 13:19
Varjyam06:41 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:13 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:38 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:04 – 10:29 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:29 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:54 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:19 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:45 – 16:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:10 – 17:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:35 – 19:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:10 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:45 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:19 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:54 – 01:29 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:29 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:04 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:38 – 06:13 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1869207.27 · 5117.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457672.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0874° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.69° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0874°) · declination -7.12° · EoT 13.99 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:2016-10-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)