पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 5, 2023 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.4 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।
"16.4 Hypocrisy, pride, insolence, cruelty, ignorance belong to him who is born of the godless qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.4'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya320.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra112.52°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala56.29°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha309.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati348.63°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra351.08°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani305.61°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:34 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:26 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:38 – 18:05
Yamaganda12:20 – 13:46
Gulika Kāla15:12 – 16:38
Varjyam07:05 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:36 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:02 – 09:28 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:28 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:54 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:20 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:46 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:12 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:38 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:05 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:38 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:12 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:46 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:20 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:54 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:28 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:02 – 06:36 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871543.27
Julian Day2460008.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1767°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)151.24°
🪷 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 -6.22°, EoT -12.23 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: 2023-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)