पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 6, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.15 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्।स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते।।17.15।।
"17.15 Speech that hurts no one, that is true, is pleasant to listen to and beneficial, and the constant study of the scriptures - this is austerity in speech." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.15'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.09°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra225.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.29°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha95.73°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.77°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra36.78°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani238.78°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:36 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:35 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:24 – 19:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:36 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:21 – 21:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:54
Yamaganda04:49 – 06:40
Gulika Kāla08:31 – 10:22
Varjyam05:26 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:49 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:40 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:31 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:22 – 12:13 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:13 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:03 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:54 – 17:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:45 – 19:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:36 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:45 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:54 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:03 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:13 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:22 – 02:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:31 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:40 – 04:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869475.27
Julian Day2457940.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0976°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.21°
🪷 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 (24.0976°), declination 22.68°, EoT -4.36 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: 2017-07-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)