पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · October 24, 2017 CE

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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.19 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्।

नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्।।1.19।।
"1.19 The tumult rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and violently shook heaven and earth with its echo." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.72°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra234.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala156.42°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha196.28°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.55°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra167.65°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani239.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:19 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:47 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:35 – 15:56
Yamaganda09:09 – 10:31
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:13
Varjyam06:53 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:26 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:48 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:09 – 10:31 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:31 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:13 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:35 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:56 – 17:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:18 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:56 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:35 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:13 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:31 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:31 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:09 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:48 – 06:26 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pañcamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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)1869585.27 · 5118.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458050.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1018° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)50.96° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.1018°) · declination -11.76° · EoT 16.15 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:2017-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)