पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · April 12, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.27 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे।

आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते।।4.27।।
"4.27 Other again sacrifice their activities and their vitality in the Spiritual fire of self-abnegation, kindled by wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya357.99°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra309.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha341.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.22°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra20.21°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani254.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:23 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:52 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:47 – 15:25
Yamaganda05:37 – 07:15
Gulika Kāla08:53 – 10:31
Varjyam06:09 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:37 – 07:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:15 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:53 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:31 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:47 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:25 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:04 – 18:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:42 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:04 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:25 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:47 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:31 – 02:53 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:53 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:15 – 05:37 (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

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869755.27
Julian Day2458220.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1083°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.84°
🪷 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 (24.1083°), declination 8.60°, EoT -1.04 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: 2018-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)