पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 26, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.19 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः।मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते।।13.19।।
"13.19 Thus I have told thee in brief what Matter is, and the Self worth realising and what is Wisdom. He who is devoted to Me knows; and assuredly he will enter into Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya341.48°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra314.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala17.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha358.17°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.32°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra340.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani243.42°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:50 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:02 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:53 – 18:26
Yamaganda12:14 – 13:47
Gulika Kāla15:20 – 16:53
Varjyam06:34 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:03 – 07:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:36 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:09 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:42 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:14 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:47 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:20 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:53 – 18:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:26 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:53 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:20 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:47 – 00:14 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:14 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:42 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:09 – 04:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:36 – 06:03 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869373.27
Julian Day2457838.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0937°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.48°
🪷 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 (24.0937°), declination 2.21°, EoT -6.26 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: 2017-03-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)