पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 30, 2021 CE

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सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी · Saṅkaṣṭī CaturthīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।

"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda

Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1428

Malayalam Era: 1197

Nanakshahi: 552

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	44.72°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra	274.06°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	87.87°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
बुध Budha	60.44°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	307.27°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra	61.29°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani	289.35°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:45 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:26 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:06 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	22:30 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	08:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 40 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 19 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:48 – 03:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:32 – 04:45
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:32 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:26 – 20:02
Amṛta Kāla	19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:36 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	17:36 – 19:26
Yamaganda	12:06 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla	15:46 – 17:36
Varjyam	05:22 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:11 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	04:45 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:35 – 08:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:25 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:15 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:06 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:56 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:46 – 17:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	17:36 – 19:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	19:26 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	20:36 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:46 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:56 – 00:06 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:06 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:15 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:25 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:35 – 04:45 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870899.27
Julian Day	2459364.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1521°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	227.39°

🪷 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 (24.1521°), declination 21.78°, EoT 2.64 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: 2021-05-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)