पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 29, 2020 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।

"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1427

Malayalam Era: 1196

Nanakshahi: 551

Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	102.26°	Karka	Puṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra	212.21°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	352.38°	Mīna	Revatī P2
बुध Budha	83.47°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	266.34°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	57.17°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani	273.88°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:06 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	14:37 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 16 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 43 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:12 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:55 – 05:06
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:46 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:37 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:22 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla	19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:46 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:14 – 14:01
Yamaganda	06:53 – 08:40
Gulika Kāla	10:27 – 12:14
Varjyam	05:42 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta	08:26 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	05:06 – 06:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:53 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:40 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:27 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:14 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	14:01 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:48 – 17:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:35 – 19:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	19:22 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:35 – 21:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:48 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	23:01 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:14 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:27 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:40 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:53 – 05:06 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870594.27
Julian Day	2459059.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1404°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	109.40°

🪷 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 (24.1404°), declination 18.67°, EoT -6.15 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: 2020-07-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)