पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.25 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्।

यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः।।10.25।।
"10.25 Of the great seers I am Bhrigu, of words I am Om, of offerings I am the silent prayer, among things immovable I am the Himalayas." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.24°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra291.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.86°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha248.72°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.88°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra272.70°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani233.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:59 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:17 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 34 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 25 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:35 – 16:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:47 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:32 – 18:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:24 – 09:36
Yamaganda10:48 – 12:00
Gulika Kāla13:11 – 14:23
Varjyam07:36 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:12 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:24 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:36 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:48 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:00 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:11 – 14:23 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:23 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:35 – 16:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:47 – 18:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:35 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:23 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:11 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:00 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:48 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:36 – 05:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:24 – 07:12 (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 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)1869262.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457727.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0895° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.42° · 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 (24.0895°) · declination -22.40° · EoT 8.56 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:2016-12-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)