पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 23, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra347.59°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.36°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha292.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati346.40°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra338.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani304.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:34 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:11 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:55 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:08
Yamaganda06:50 – 08:13
Gulika Kāla09:36 – 10:59
Varjyam07:18 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:47

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: Śiśira (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 Śubha06:50 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:13 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:36 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:59 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:08 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:31 – 17:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:54 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:31 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:08 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:59 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:36 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:13 – 06:50 (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)1871533.27
Julian Day2459998.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1763°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.37°
🪷 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 (24.1763°), declination -9.99°, EoT -13.97 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: 2023-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)