पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 13, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.6 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः।।13.6।।
"13.6 The five great fundamentals (earth, fire, air, water and ether), personality, intellect, the mysterious life force, the ten organs of perception and action, the mind and the five domains of sensation;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra153.54°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.83°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha333.93°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.76°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra347.36°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani243.04°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:32 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:44 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:52 – 09:21
Yamaganda10:50 – 12:18
Gulika Kāla13:47 – 15:16
Varjyam06:53 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:23 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:52 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:21 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:50 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:18 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:47 – 15:16 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:16 – 16:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:45 – 18:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:13 – 19:45 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:45 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:16 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:47 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:18 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:50 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:21 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:52 – 06:23 (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

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869360.27
Julian Day2457825.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0932°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.97°
🪷 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 (24.0932°), declination -2.92°, EoT -10.22 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: 2017-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)