पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 27, 2019 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.4 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः।।17.4।।

"17.4 The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignorant, the spirits of the dead and of the lower orders of nature." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	41.38°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra	315.20°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	72.68°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P2
बुध Budha	47.77°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	237.16°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	19.77°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
शनि Śani	265.74°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:47 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:44 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:57 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 35 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 24 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:50 – 03:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:34 – 04:47
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:36 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:31 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:23 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla	19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:36 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:37 – 08:26
Yamaganda	10:16 – 12:05
Gulika Kāla	13:55 – 15:44
Varjyam	05:24 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta	08:12 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	04:47 – 06:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:37 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:26 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:16 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:05 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:55 – 15:44 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:44 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:34 – 19:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:23 – 20:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:34 – 21:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:44 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:55 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:05 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:16 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:26 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:37 – 04:47 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870165.27
Julian Day	2458630.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1240°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	274.52°

🪷 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 (24.1240°), declination 21.22°, EoT 3.01 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: 2019-05-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)