पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 10, 2022 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 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra358.83°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.10°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha284.23°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati308.20°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra263.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani288.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:27 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:56 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:01 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 22 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 Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:39 – 09:51
Yamaganda11:03 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:28 – 14:40
Varjyam07:51 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:27 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:39 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:51 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:03 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:28 – 14:40 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:40 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:52 – 17:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:04 – 18:52 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:52 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:40 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:28 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:03 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:51 – 05:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:39 – 07:27 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871124.27
Julian Day2459589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1607°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.59°
🪷 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 (24.1607°), declination -21.98°, 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: 2022-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)