पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 3, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.12 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्।।17.12।।
"17.12 Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - that, O best of Aryans, is the product of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla 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)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya77.23°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra189.93°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala84.34°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha90.06°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.55°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra33.49°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani238.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:47 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:22 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:03 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:48 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:38 – 08:30
Yamaganda10:21 – 12:12
Gulika Kāla14:03 – 15:54
Varjyam05:24 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:47 – 06:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:38 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:30 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:21 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:12 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:03 – 15:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:54 – 17:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:46 – 19:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:37 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:46 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:54 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:03 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:12 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:21 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:30 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:38 – 04:47 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869472.27
Julian Day2457937.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0975°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)110.39°
🪷 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 (24.0975°), declination 22.95°, EoT -3.84 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: 2017-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)