पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · August 22, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.15 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः।

पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।
"1.15 Lord Shri Krishna blew his Panchajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta, brave Bheema his renowned shell, Poundra." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya125.03°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra299.16°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala140.16°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha143.07°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.77°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra162.45°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani284.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:30 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:40 – 04:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:13 – 18:54
Yamaganda12:11 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:32 – 17:13
Varjyam06:01 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:28 – 07:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:08 – 08:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:49 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:30 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:11 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:32 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:13 – 18:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:54 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:13 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:32 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:11 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:11 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:30 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:49 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:08 – 05:28 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870983.27
Julian Day2459448.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1553°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)176.02°
🪷 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 (24.1553°), declination 11.75°, EoT -2.54 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: 2021-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)