पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 30, 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 4.14 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा।

इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते।।4.14।।
"4.14 My actions do not fetter Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus realises Me is not enslaved by action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra255.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala249.56°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha271.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati312.59°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra256.47°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani291.14°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:37 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:03 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:10 – 17:26
Yamaganda12:22 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla14:54 – 16:10
Varjyam07:42 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:17 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:33 – 09:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:49 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:05 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:38 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:54 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:10 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:26 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:10 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:54 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:38 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:05 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:49 – 05:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:33 – 07:17 (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 Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871144.27
Julian Day2459609.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1614°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)331.88°
🪷 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 (24.1614°), declination -17.71°, EoT -13.36 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: 2022-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)