पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 28, 2020 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
अङ्गारक चतुर्थी · Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)Pan-Hindu
विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।

"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1427

Malayalam Era: 1196

Nanakshahi: 551

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	283.43°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra	318.48°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	232.31°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha	294.90°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	258.69°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	322.78°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani	270.41°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:19 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:24 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:21 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:00 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 04 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 55 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:58 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:28 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:01 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:02 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:24 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla	17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:01 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:52 – 16:08
Yamaganda	09:50 – 11:06
Gulika Kāla	12:21 – 13:37
Varjyam	07:44 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta	09:40 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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	07:19 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	08:34 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:50 – 11:06 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	11:06 – 12:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:21 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:37 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:52 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:08 – 17:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:24 – 19:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:08 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:52 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:37 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:21 – 02:06 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	02:06 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:50 – 05:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	05:34 – 07:19 (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	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870411.27
Julian Day	2458876.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1334°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	38.16°

🪷 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 (24.1334°), declination -18.38°, EoT -12.97 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: 2020-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)