पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 10, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.3 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत।

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम।।13.3।।
"13.3 I am the Omniscient self that abides in the playground of Matter; knowledge of Matter and of the all-knowing Self is wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra224.12°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.03°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha278.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati280.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra247.32°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani278.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:27 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:17 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:10 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:39 – 07:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:52 – 17:05
Yamaganda12:16 – 13:28
Gulika Kāla14:40 – 15:52
Varjyam07:51 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:27 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:39 – 09:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:51 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:03 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:28 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:40 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:52 – 17:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:05 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:52 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:40 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:28 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:03 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:51 – 05:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:39 – 07:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870759.27
Julian Day2459224.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1467°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.04°
🪷 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 (24.1467°), declination -21.95°, EoT -7.50 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: 2021-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)