पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 30, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.69 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्िचन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः।भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि।।18.69।।
"18.69 Nor is there among men any who can perform a service dearer to Me than this, or any man on earth more beloved by Me than he." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.69's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya73.86°MithunaĀrdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra207.90°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala119.18°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha72.06°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati14.96°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra115.64°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani312.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:46 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:06 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:09 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:47 – 03:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:31 – 04:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:20 – 12:11
Yamaganda15:54 – 17:46
Gulika Kāla06:37 – 08:28
Varjyam05:23 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:46 – 06:37 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:37 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:28 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:20 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:11 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:03 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:54 – 17:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:46 – 19:37 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:37 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:46 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:54 – 23:03 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:03 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:11 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:20 – 02:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:28 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:37 – 04:46 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871660.27
Julian Day2460125.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1812°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.27°
🪷 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 (24.1812°), declination 23.19°, EoT -3.28 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: 2023-06-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)