पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · October 23, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।
मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Puṣya Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Sādhya |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bālava |
| वार (Vāra) | Ravivāra (Sunday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 185.98° | Tulā | Citrā P4 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 98.91° | Karka | Puṣya P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 263.30° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| बुध Budha | 182.54° | Tulā | Citrā P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 164.70° | Kanyā | Hasta P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 221.45° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P3 |
| शनि Śani | 229.21° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P1 |
☀️ Washington DC, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 06:25 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:19 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:52 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 22:54 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 13:14 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 10 Hours 53 Mins 16 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 13 Hours 06 Mins 44 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:58 – 05:42 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 05:31 – 06:25 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:30 – 12:14 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:41 – 14:25 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:07 – 17:31 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:19 – 17:46 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:04 – 18:49 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:30 – 00:14 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:57 – 17:19 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 11:52 – 13:14 |
| Gulika Kāla | 14:35 – 15:57 |
| Varjyam | 06:53 – 07:10 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:58 – 09:20 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Udveg | 06:25 – 07:47 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Chala | 07:47 – 09:09 (neutral) |
| Day-3 Labha | 09:09 – 10:30 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Amṛta | 10:30 – 11:52 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Kāla | 11:52 – 13:14 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Śubha | 13:14 – 14:35 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Roga | 14:35 – 15:57 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Udveg | 15:57 – 17:19 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Śubha | 17:19 – 18:57 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Roga | 18:57 – 20:35 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Udveg | 20:35 – 22:14 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Chala | 22:14 – 23:52 (neutral) |
| Night-5 Labha | 23:52 – 01:30 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Amṛta | 01:30 – 03:09 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Kāla | 03:09 – 04:47 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Śubha | 04:47 – 06:25 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5118 · Kali-5118 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1869219.27 · 5117.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2457684.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0878° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 269.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0878°) · declination -11.49° · EoT 16.06 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:2016-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)