पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन।
विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्।।10.42।।
विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्।।10.42।।
"10.42 But what is the use of all these details to thee? O Arjuna! I sustain this universe with only small part of Myself."" — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Kṛttikā Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Parigha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Śukravāra (Friday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 216.57° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 34.05° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 310.01° | Kumbha | Śatabhiṣā P2 |
| बुध Budha | 226.29° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 219.05° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 181.72° | Tulā | Citrā P3 |
| शनि Śani | 252.76° | Dhanu | Mūla P4 |
☀️ Washington DC, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:00 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:51 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:55 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 16:34 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 06:56 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 50 Mins 38 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 09 Mins 22 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:41 – 06:21 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:11 – 07:00 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:36 – 12:15 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:34 – 14:13 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:39 – 17:03 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:51 – 17:15 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:36 – 18:21 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:36 – 00:15 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 10:41 – 11:55 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 14:23 – 15:37 |
| Gulika Kāla | 08:14 – 09:28 |
| Varjyam | 07:25 – 07:40 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:18 – 09:37 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Chala | 07:00 – 08:14 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Labha | 08:14 – 09:28 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Amṛta | 09:28 – 10:41 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Kāla | 10:41 – 11:55 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Śubha | 11:55 – 13:09 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Roga | 13:09 – 14:23 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Udveg | 14:23 – 15:37 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Chala | 15:37 – 16:51 (neutral) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Roga | 16:51 – 18:37 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Udveg | 18:37 – 20:23 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Chala | 20:23 – 22:09 (neutral) |
| Night-4 Labha | 22:09 – 23:55 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Amṛta | 23:55 – 01:41 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Kāla | 01:41 – 03:28 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Śubha | 03:28 – 05:14 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Roga | 05:14 – 07:00 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā + Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
🌌 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) | 1869980.27 · 5119.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2458445.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.1169° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 176.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30) |
🪷 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 (24.1169°) · declination -20.29° · EoT 12.85 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2018-11-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)