पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · August 5, 2017 CE

🪷 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 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.17'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya108.73°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra258.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala105.65°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha134.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.12°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra70.77°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani237.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:27 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:55 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:20 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:51
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:43 – 10:28
Yamaganda13:59 – 15:45
Gulika Kāla05:12 – 06:58
Varjyam05:47 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:12 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:58 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:43 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:28 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:14 – 13:59 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:59 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:45 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:30 – 19:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:15 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:30 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:45 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:59 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:14 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:28 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:43 – 03:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:58 – 05:12 (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

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869505.27
Julian Day2457970.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0988°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.19°
🪷 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 (24.0988°), declination 16.96°, EoT -5.70 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: 2017-08-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)