पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 14, 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: कार्तिक पूर्णिमा — Kārtika Pūrṇimā / Tripurī Pūrṇimā
Day Mahābhārata war began (4 Oct 3138 BCE). Śiva destroyed Tripurāsura.
Historical anchor: Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.4 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।

सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।10.4।।
"10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear and fearlessness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.4'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya208.01°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra20.30°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.23°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha217.83°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.14°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra247.91°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani231.51°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:56 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 05 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 54 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:44 – 17:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:56 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:41 – 18:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:06 – 09:22
Yamaganda10:37 – 11:53
Gulika Kāla13:09 – 14:24
Varjyam07:16 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:50 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:06 – 09:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:22 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:37 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:53 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:09 – 14:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:24 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:40 – 16:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:56 – 18:40 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:40 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:24 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:09 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:53 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:37 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:22 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:06 – 06:50 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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)1869241.27 · 5117.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457706.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0887° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)172.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (24.0887°) · declination -18.29° · EoT 15.07 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:2016-11-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)