पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 11, 2017 CE

🪷 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 11.20 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि

व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः।

दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं

लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्।।11.20।।
"11.20 Alone thou fillest all the quarters of the sky, earth and heaven, and the regions between. O Almighty Lord! Seeing Thy marvellous and awe-inspiring Form, the spheres tremble with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.91°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra67.16°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala322.75°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha244.87°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.48°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra313.78°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani238.21°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:27 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:32 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:16 – 13:28
Yamaganda08:39 – 09:51
Gulika Kāla11:04 – 12:16
Varjyam07:51 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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 · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:27 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:39 – 09:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:51 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:04 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:28 – 14:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:41 – 15:53 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:53 – 17:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:06 – 18:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:53 – 20:41 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:41 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:28 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:04 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:51 – 05:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:39 – 07:27 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869299.27
Julian Day2457764.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0909°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.15°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0909°), declination -21.80°, EoT -7.89 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2017-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)