पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 4, 2023 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।

"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.22'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	290.77°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra	91.91°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	46.50°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	265.90°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	342.48°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra	315.39°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani	302.12°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	15:51 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 19 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 40 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:50 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:21 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:02 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:32 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla	17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:02 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:47 – 11:05
Yamaganda	13:40 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla	07:12 – 08:30
Varjyam	07:38 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta	09:37 – 09:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	07:12 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:30 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:47 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	11:05 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:22 – 13:40 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:40 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:57 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:15 – 17:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:32 – 19:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:15 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:57 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:40 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:22 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	02:05 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:47 – 05:30 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:30 – 07:12 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871514.27
Julian Day	2459979.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1756°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	160.67°

🪷 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 (24.1756°), declination -16.35°, EoT -14.09 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: 2023-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)