पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 4, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.21 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्।

यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।8.21।।
"8.21 The wise say that the Unmanifest and Indestructible is the highest goal of all; when once That is reached, there is no return. That is My Blessed Home." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya77.91°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra132.24°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.60°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha63.06°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.55°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra48.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani300.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:48 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:17 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:49 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:39 – 08:30
Yamaganda10:21 – 12:12
Gulika Kāla14:03 – 15:54
Varjyam05:25 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:48 – 06:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:39 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:30 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:21 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:12 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:03 – 15:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:54 – 17:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:46 – 19:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:37 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:46 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:54 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:03 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:12 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:21 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:30 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:39 – 04:48 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871299.27
Julian Day2459764.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1674°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)58.16°
🪷 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 (24.1674°), declination 22.89°, EoT -4.02 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: 2022-07-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)