पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 23, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.11 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्।

धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ।।7.11।।
"7.11 I am the Strength of the strong, of them who are free from attachment and desire; and, O Arjuna, I am the Desire for righteousness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya96.06°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra223.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala280.90°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha118.77°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.35°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra139.89°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani249.85°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:55 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:33 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:49 – 08:38
Yamaganda10:26 – 12:14
Gulika Kāla14:03 – 15:51
Varjyam05:37 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:01 – 06:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:49 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:38 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:26 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:14 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:03 – 15:51 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:51 – 17:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:39 – 19:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:28 – 20:39 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:39 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:51 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:03 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:14 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:26 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:38 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:49 – 05:01 (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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869857.27 · 5119.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458322.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1122° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.1122°) · declination 20.11° · EoT -6.13 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:2018-07-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)