पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 3, 2023 CE

Also observed today

व्यास पूर्णिमा · Vyāsa Pūrṇimā (= Guru Pūrṇimā)Pan-Hindu
मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।

"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.72'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	76.72°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra	250.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	120.98°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
बुध Budha	78.61°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	15.48°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra	117.51°	Karka	Aśleṣā P4
शनि Śani	312.91°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:47 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	19:06 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:29 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 50 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 09 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:48 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:33 – 04:47
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:42 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla	19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:42 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:38 – 08:29
Yamaganda	10:21 – 12:12
Gulika Kāla	14:03 – 15:55
Varjyam	05:24 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	04:47 – 06:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:38 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:29 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:21 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:12 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	14:03 – 15:55 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:55 – 17:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:46 – 19:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:37 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:46 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:55 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	23:03 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:12 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:21 – 02:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:29 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:38 – 04:47 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mūla alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871663.27
Julian Day	2460128.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1813°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	173.05°

🪷 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 (24.1813°), declination 22.99°, EoT -3.84 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: 2023-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)