पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · August 27, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.39 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।
"18.39 While the pleasure which from first to last merely drugs the senses, which springs from indolence, lethargy and folly - that pleasure flows from Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya129.88°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra194.25°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala119.70°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha129.38°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.68°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra96.68°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani236.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:11 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:42 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:07 – 18:47
Yamaganda12:09 – 13:49
Gulika Kāla15:28 – 17:07
Varjyam06:05 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Udveg05:32 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:11 – 08:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:51 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:30 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:49 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:28 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:07 – 18:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:47 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:07 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:28 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:49 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:30 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:51 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:11 – 05:32 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869527.27
Julian Day2457992.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0996°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.14°
🪷 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 (24.0996°), declination 10.05°, EoT -1.12 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: 2017-08-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)