पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 12, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya85.79°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra108.85°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala114.40°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha65.68°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati307.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra113.53°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani287.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:34 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:46 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:22 – 19:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:34 – 20:11
Amṛta Kāla19:19 – 21:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:43 – 08:33
Yamaganda10:23 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla14:04 – 15:54
Varjyam05:29 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:53 – 06:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:43 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:33 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:23 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:04 – 15:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:54 – 17:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:44 – 19:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:34 – 20:44 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:44 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:54 – 23:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:04 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:23 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:33 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:43 – 04:53 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870942.27
Julian Day2459407.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1537°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)24.17°
🪷 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 (24.1537°), declination 21.96°, EoT -5.24 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: 2021-07-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)