पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 5, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.38°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra66.72°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.55°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha39.30°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra338.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani300.37°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:06 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:45 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:56 – 05:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:34
Yamaganda05:06 – 06:51
Gulika Kāla08:35 – 10:20
Varjyam05:41 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:06 – 06:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:51 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:35 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:20 – 12:05 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:05 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:34 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:19 – 19:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:04 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:19 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:34 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:05 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:20 – 02:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:35 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:51 – 05:06 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871239.27
Julian Day2459704.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1651°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)49.80°
🪷 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 (24.1651°), declination 16.20°, EoT 3.35 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: 2022-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)