पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 18, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya32.94°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra239.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala330.31°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha38.45°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.16°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra353.23°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani300.88°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:06 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:31 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:58 – 03:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:41 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:52
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:04 – 13:52
Yamaganda06:41 – 08:29
Gulika Kāla10:17 – 12:04
Varjyam05:29 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:53 – 06:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:41 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:29 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:17 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:04 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:52 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:40 – 17:28 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:28 – 19:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:16 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:28 – 21:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:40 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:52 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:04 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:17 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:29 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:41 – 04:53 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871252.27
Julian Day2459717.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1656°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)203.83°
🪷 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 (24.1656°), declination 19.51°, EoT 3.69 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: 2022-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)