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

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.3 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता।

भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत।।16.3।।
"16.3 Valour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hate and vanity; these are his who possesses the Godly Qualities, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.3'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.02°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra100.61°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala55.87°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha307.39°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati348.40°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra349.86°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani305.49°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:38 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:39 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:55 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:29 – 10:55
Yamaganda13:46 – 15:12
Gulika Kāla06:38 – 08:03
Varjyam07:06 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:38 – 08:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:03 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:29 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:55 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 13:46 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:46 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:12 – 16:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:38 – 18:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:03 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:38 – 21:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:12 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:46 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:55 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:29 – 05:03 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:03 – 06:38 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871542.27
Julian Day2460007.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1767°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)139.91°
🪷 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 (24.1767°), declination -6.60°, EoT -12.45 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: 2023-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)