पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 31, 2017 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।

"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla 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

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	103.95°	Karka	Puṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra	198.40°	Tulā	Svātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	102.45°	Karka	Puṣya P3
बुध Budha	130.92°	Siṃha	Maghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	172.43°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	64.98°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani	237.44°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:08 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:21 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 12 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 47 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:14 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:57 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:46 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:36 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:21 – 19:56
Amṛta Kāla	19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:46 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:54 – 08:41
Yamaganda	10:28 – 12:14
Gulika Kāla	14:01 – 15:47
Varjyam	05:43 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta	08:27 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	05:08 – 06:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:54 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:41 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:28 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:14 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	14:01 – 15:47 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:47 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:34 – 19:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:21 – 20:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:34 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:47 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	23:01 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:14 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:28 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:41 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:54 – 05:08 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869500.27
Julian Day	2457965.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0986°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	93.12°

🪷 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 (24.0986°), declination 18.25°, EoT -6.07 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: 2017-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)