पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 8, 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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Also observed today
- वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।
योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।
योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।
"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śukla |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Kaulava |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 23.31° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 292.84° | Makara | Śravaṇa P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 272.26° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2 |
| बुध Budha | 357.62° | Mīna | Revatī P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 204.21° | Tulā | Viśākhā P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 51.82° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P4 |
| शनि Śani | 254.59° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1 |
☀️ Washington DC, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:03 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 19:06 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:05 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 00:52 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 11:13 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 14 Hours 03 Mins 46 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 9 Hours 56 Mins 14 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:10 – 04:06 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:52 – 05:03 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:36 – 12:33 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:25 – 15:21 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:54 – 19:18 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 19:06 – 19:42 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:51 – 20:36 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:36 – 00:33 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:36 – 17:21 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 08:34 – 10:19 |
| Gulika Kāla | 12:05 – 13:50 |
| Varjyam | 05:38 – 06:00 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:20 – 08:48 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ 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
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 05:03 – 06:48 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 06:48 – 08:34 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 08:34 – 10:19 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:19 – 12:05 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 12:05 – 13:50 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 13:50 – 15:36 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 15:36 – 17:21 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 17:21 – 19:06 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 19:06 – 20:21 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 20:21 – 21:36 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 21:36 – 22:50 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 22:50 – 00:05 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 00:05 – 01:19 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:19 – 02:34 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 02:34 – 03:48 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 03:48 – 05:03 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5120 · Kali-5120 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1869781.27 · 5119.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2458246.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.1093° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 271.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (24.1093°) · declination 17.03° · EoT 3.58 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:2018-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)