पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 22, 2017 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya95.35°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra76.26°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.66°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha120.90°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.31°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra54.68°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani237.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:34 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 28 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 31 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:05
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:37 – 10:26
Yamaganda14:03 – 15:51
Gulika Kāla05:00 – 06:49
Varjyam05:36 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 Kāla05:00 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:49 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:37 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:26 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:14 – 14:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:03 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:51 – 17:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:40 – 19:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:28 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:40 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:51 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:03 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:14 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:26 – 02:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:37 – 03:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:49 – 05:00 (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 Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869491.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457956.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0982° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0982°) · declination 20.26° · EoT -6.10 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2017-07-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)