पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 6, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya79.82°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra157.32°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala6.00°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha66.97°MithunaĀrdrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.70°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra51.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani300.38°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:36 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:21 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:24 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:35 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:24 – 19:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:36 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:21 – 21:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:13 – 14:03
Yamaganda06:40 – 08:31
Gulika Kāla10:22 – 12:13
Varjyam05:26 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:49 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:40 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:31 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:22 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:13 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:03 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:54 – 17:45 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:45 – 19:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:36 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:45 – 21:54 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:54 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:03 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:13 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:22 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:31 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:40 – 04:49 (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 Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871301.27
Julian Day2459766.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1675°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)81.35°
🪷 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 (24.1675°), declination 22.70°, EoT -4.36 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: 2022-07-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)