पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 25, 2019 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.5 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।18.5।।

"18.5 Acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up but should be performed, for they purify the aspiring soul." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.5'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 Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	69.11°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra	335.02°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	91.22°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
बुध Budha	94.07°	Karka	Puṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	233.55°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	55.12°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani	264.08°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:44 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:10 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:52 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:56 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 53 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 06 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:45 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:29 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:41 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:39 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla	19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:41 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:54 – 17:45
Yamaganda	08:27 – 10:19
Gulika Kāla	12:10 – 14:02
Varjyam	05:21 – 05:45
Dur Muhūrta	08:12 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	04:44 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:35 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:27 – 10:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:19 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:10 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	14:02 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:54 – 17:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:45 – 19:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:37 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:45 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:54 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	23:02 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:10 – 01:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:19 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:27 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:35 – 04:44 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā 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)	1870194.27
Julian Day	2458659.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1251°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.30°

🪷 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 (24.1251°), declination 23.40°, EoT -2.28 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: 2019-06-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)