पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 1, 2018 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra61.24°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala199.79°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha233.51°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.60°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra254.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani247.14°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:27 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 29 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 30 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:11 – 06:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:40 – 07:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:38 – 09:49
Yamaganda11:01 – 12:12
Gulika Kāla13:23 – 14:34
Varjyam07:51 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 09:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:27 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:38 – 09:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:49 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:01 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:12 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:23 – 14:34 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:34 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:45 – 16:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:57 – 18:45 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:45 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:34 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:23 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:12 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:01 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:49 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:38 – 07:27 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1869654.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458119.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1045° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (24.1045°) · declination -23.02° · EoT -3.71 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:2018-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)