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

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.2 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः।

अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः।।10.2।।
"10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.02°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra351.85°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala32.90°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha143.45°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra100.76°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani297.69°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:20 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:07 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:37 – 17:20
Yamaganda08:47 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla12:12 – 13:55
Varjyam05:56 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:22 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:04 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:47 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:12 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:37 – 17:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:20 – 19:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:02 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:20 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:37 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:12 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:47 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:04 – 05:22 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871342.27
Julian Day2459807.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1690°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)231.93°
🪷 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 (24.1690°), declination 13.79°, EoT -3.97 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: 2022-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)