पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 24, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5'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 Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya217.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra218.76°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala56.85°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha225.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra225.30°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani295.35°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:50 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:08 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:38 – 17:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:50 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:35 – 18:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:09 – 14:23
Yamaganda07:01 – 08:15
Gulika Kāla09:28 – 10:42
Varjyam07:26 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:01 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:15 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:28 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:42 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:09 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:23 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:36 – 16:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:50 – 18:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:36 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:23 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:09 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:42 – 03:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:28 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:15 – 07:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871442.27
Julian Day2459907.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1728°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)359.79°
🪷 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 -20.50°, EoT 12.55 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: 2022-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)