पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 31, 2018 CE

Also observed today

अङ्गारक चतुर्थी · Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)Pan-Hindu
सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी · Saṅkaṣṭī CaturthīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.19 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।

"7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he sees God everywhere is very difficult to find." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa 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

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	103.70°	Karka	Puṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra	318.61°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	278.73°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha	118.17°	Karka	Aśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	199.74°	Tulā	Svātī P4
शुक्र Śukra	148.44°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani	249.39°	Dhanu	Mūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:08 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	20:53 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	08:15 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 13 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 46 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:14 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:56 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:46 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:36 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:21 – 19:56
Amṛta Kāla	19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:46 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:48 – 17:34
Yamaganda	08:41 – 10:28
Gulika Kāla	12:14 – 14:01
Varjyam	05:43 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta	08:27 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:08 – 06:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:54 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:41 – 10:28 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:28 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:14 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	14:01 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:48 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:34 – 19:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:21 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:34 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:48 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	23:01 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:14 – 01:28 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:28 – 02:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:41 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:54 – 05:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869865.27
Julian Day	2458330.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1125°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	218.15°

🪷 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 (24.1125°), declination 18.31°, EoT -6.07 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: 2018-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)