पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 17, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya32.00°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra53.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha11.06°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.07°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra62.64°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani254.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:06 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:52 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:51
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:52 – 15:40
Yamaganda04:54 – 06:42
Gulika Kāla08:29 – 10:17
Varjyam05:30 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:54 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:42 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:29 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:17 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:52 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:40 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:27 – 19:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:15 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:27 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:40 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:52 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:17 – 02:29 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:29 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:42 – 04:54 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869790.27
Julian Day2458255.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1097°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)19.03°
🪷 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 (24.1097°), declination 19.28°, EoT 3.72 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: 2018-05-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)