पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 29, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya43.27°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra148.84°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.31°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha18.08°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.60°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra88.16°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani312.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:46 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:25 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:56 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:49 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta19:13 – 19:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:25 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:10 – 20:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:36 – 08:26
Yamaganda10:16 – 12:05
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:45
Varjyam05:23 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:46 – 06:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:36 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:26 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:16 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:05 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:55 – 15:45 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:45 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:35 – 19:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:25 – 20:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:35 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:45 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:55 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:05 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:16 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:26 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:36 – 04:46 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871628.27
Julian Day2460093.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1800°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)106.72°
🪷 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 (24.1800°), declination 21.55°, EoT 2.77 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: 2023-05-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)