पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 22, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya215.53°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra190.33°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala57.49°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha222.76°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.63°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra222.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani295.25°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:54 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:34 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:16
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:23 – 15:37
Yamaganda09:27 – 10:41
Gulika Kāla11:55 – 13:09
Varjyam07:24 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:59 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:13 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:27 – 10:41 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:41 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:55 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:09 – 14:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:23 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:37 – 16:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:51 – 18:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:37 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:23 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:09 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:55 – 01:41 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:41 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:27 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:13 – 06:59 (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)1871440.27
Julian Day2459905.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1728°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)334.52°
🪷 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 (24.1728°), declination -20.09°, EoT 13.15 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: 2022-11-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)