पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 23, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.1 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम्।

यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम।।11.1।।
"11.1 "Arjuna said: My Lord! Thy words concerning the Supreme Secret of Self, given for my blessing, have dispelled the illusions which surrounded me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.55°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra179.22°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.42°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha259.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.50°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra293.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani236.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:08 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:14
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:08
Yamaganda14:29 – 15:40
Gulika Kāla08:35 – 09:46
Varjyam07:48 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:25 – 08:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:35 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:46 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:08 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:18 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:29 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:40 – 16:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:51 – 18:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:40 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:29 – 22:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:18 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:08 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:46 – 05:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:35 – 07:25 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1869280.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457745.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0902° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)289.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (24.0902°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 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:2016-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)