पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 26, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।
"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra339.45°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.72°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha256.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati340.81°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra304.20°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani301.06°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:04 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 01 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 58 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 14:51
Yamaganda07:20 – 08:35
Gulika Kāla09:50 – 11:05
Varjyam07:45 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:20 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:35 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:50 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:05 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:51 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:06 – 17:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:22 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:06 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:51 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:05 – 03:50 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:50 – 05:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:35 – 07:20 (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 Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871505.27
Julian Day2459970.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1753°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)54.81°
🪷 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 (24.1753°), declination -18.82°, EoT -12.54 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: 2023-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)