पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 18, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya62.43°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra250.63°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.76°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha86.45°MithunaPunarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra46.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani264.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:42 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:36 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:00 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:24 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:43 – 03:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:28 – 04:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:24 – 19:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:36 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:21 – 21:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:52 – 17:44
Yamaganda08:26 – 10:17
Gulika Kāla12:09 – 14:01
Varjyam05:19 – 05:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:42 – 06:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:34 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:26 – 10:17 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:17 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:09 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:01 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:52 – 17:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:44 – 19:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:36 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:44 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:52 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:01 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:09 – 01:17 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:17 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:26 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:34 – 04:42 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°
Longitude: -77.0369°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870187.27
Julian Day2458652.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1248°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)190.12°
🪷 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 (24.1248°), declination 23.39°, EoT -0.82 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: 2019-06-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)