पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 30, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.14 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा।

इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते।।4.14।।
"4.14 My actions do not fetter Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus realises Me is not enslaved by action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya345.19°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra146.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala252.59°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha349.91°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.25°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra4.23°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani254.61°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:42 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:13 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:39 – 12:13
Yamaganda15:21 – 16:55
Gulika Kāla07:31 – 09:05
Varjyam06:28 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:57 – 07:31 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:31 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:05 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:39 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:13 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:47 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:55 – 18:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:29 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:55 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:47 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:13 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:39 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:05 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:31 – 05:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869742.27
Julian Day2458207.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1078°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.83°
🪷 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 (24.1078°), declination 3.68°, EoT -4.98 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: 2018-03-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)