पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 25, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.34 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च

कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान्।

मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा

युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान्।।11.34।।
"11.34 Drona and Bheeshma, Jayadratha and Karna, and other brave warriors - I have condemned them all. Destroy them; fight and fear not. Thy foes shall be crushed."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra247.07°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala333.26°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha257.36°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.32°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra327.45°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani239.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:23 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:46 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:20 – 13:36
Yamaganda08:35 – 09:50
Gulika Kāla11:05 – 12:20
Varjyam07:45 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:20 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:35 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:50 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:05 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:20 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:36 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:51 – 16:06 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:06 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:21 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:06 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:51 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:36 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:20 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:05 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:50 – 05:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:35 – 07:20 (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)1869313.27
Julian Day2457778.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0914°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)324.61°
🪷 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 (24.0914°), declination -18.95°, EoT -12.31 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: 2017-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)