पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 17, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.1 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्।

विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्।।4.1।।
"4.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: This imperishable philosophy I taught to Viwaswana, the founder of the Sun dynasty, Viwaswana gave it to Manu the lawgiver, and Manu to King Ikshwaku!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra82.17°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala240.14°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha285.28°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati309.69°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra259.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani289.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:15 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:57 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 46 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 13 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:36 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:38 – 09:51
Yamaganda11:05 – 12:18
Gulika Kāla13:32 – 14:45
Varjyam07:49 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:25 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:38 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:51 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:05 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:18 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:32 – 14:45 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:45 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:58 – 17:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:12 – 18:58 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:58 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:45 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:32 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:18 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:05 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:51 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:38 – 07:25 (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 Pūrṇimā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871131.27
Julian Day2459596.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1610°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.21°
🪷 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 (24.1610°), declination -20.78°, EoT -10.03 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: 2022-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)