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

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: छठ पूजा — Chhaṭh Pūjā
Bihar/UP festival worshiping Sūrya. 6th day of Kārtika Śukla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.29 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः।

ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम्।।9.29।।
"9.29 I am the same to all beings. I favour none, and I hate none. But those who worship Me devotedly, they live in Me, and I in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla 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)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya198.97°TulāSvātī P4
चन्द्र Candra257.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.64°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha203.78°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati167.37°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra237.13°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani230.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:28 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:48 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:16 – 10:34
Yamaganda13:10 – 14:28
Gulika Kāla06:40 – 07:58
Varjyam07:06 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:40 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:58 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:16 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:34 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:52 – 13:10 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:10 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:28 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:46 – 17:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:04 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:46 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:28 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:10 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:52 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:34 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:16 – 04:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:58 – 06:40 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1869232.27 · 5117.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457697.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0883° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.0883°) · declination -15.76° · EoT 16.26 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:2016-11-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)