पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 23, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.24 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः।

स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति।।5.24।।
"5.24 He who is happy within his Self and has found Its peace, and in whom the inner light shines, that sage attains Eternal Bliss and becomes the Spirit Itself." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya338.23°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra219.30°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha327.46°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.01°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra291.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani297.07°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:11 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:15 – 13:47
Yamaganda07:40 – 09:12
Gulika Kāla10:44 – 12:15
Varjyam06:39 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:08 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:40 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:12 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:44 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:15 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:47 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:19 – 16:51 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:51 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:23 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:51 – 21:19 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:19 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:47 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:15 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:44 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:12 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:40 – 06:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871196.27
Julian Day2459661.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1634°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.16°
🪷 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 (24.1634°), declination 0.95°, EoT -7.21 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: 2022-03-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)