पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 24, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.3 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः।।17.3।।
"17.3 The faith of every man conforms to his nature. By nature he is full of faith. He is in fact what his faith makes him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya68.65°MithunaĀrdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra67.66°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala78.46°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha71.40°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.05°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra23.80°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani239.62°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:41 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:44 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:29 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 10:19
Yamaganda14:02 – 15:54
Gulika Kāla04:43 – 06:35
Varjyam05:21 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:43 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:35 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:19 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:10 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:02 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:54 – 17:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:45 – 19:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:37 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:45 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:54 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:02 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:10 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:19 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:35 – 04:43 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869463.27
Julian Day2457928.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0972°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)359.36°
🪷 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 (24.0972°), declination 23.41°, EoT -2.08 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: 2017-06-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)