पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 16, 2022 CE

Also observed today

वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛṣabha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.2 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।

यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।।

"7.2 I will reveal to this knowledge unto thee, and how it may be realised; which, once accomplished, there remains nothing else worth having in this life." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	31.01°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra	209.16°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	328.81°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha	39.38°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	336.79°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	350.91°	Mīna	Revatī P2
शनि Śani	300.82°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:55 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:04 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	18:57 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:57 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 18 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 41 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:00 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:43 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:36 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:28 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:02 – 19:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:14 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla	18:59 – 20:44
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:36 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:42 – 08:30
Yamaganda	10:17 – 12:04
Gulika Kāla	13:52 – 15:39
Varjyam	05:31 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	04:55 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:42 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:30 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:17 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:04 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:52 – 15:39 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:39 – 17:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:27 – 19:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:14 – 20:27 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:27 – 21:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:39 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:52 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:04 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:17 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:30 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:42 – 04:55 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā + Viśākhā)

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871250.27
Julian Day	2459715.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1655°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	177.01°

🪷 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 (24.1655°), declination 19.06°, EoT 3.74 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: 2022-05-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)