पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 7, 2017 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.16 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः।

उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।2.16।।
"2.16 That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya231.01°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra98.57°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.13°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha243.85°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati197.94°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra222.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani244.20°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:21 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:35 – 16:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:47 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:32 – 18:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:12 – 14:24
Yamaganda07:14 – 08:26
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 10:49
Varjyam07:38 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:14 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:26 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:00 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:00 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:12 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:24 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:35 – 16:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:47 – 18:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:35 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:24 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:12 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:00 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:26 – 07:14 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1869629.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458094.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1035° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)224.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.1035°) · declination -22.61° · EoT 7.72 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:2017-12-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)