पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 6, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.1 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन।

तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।3.1।।
"3.1 "Arjuna questioned: My Lord! If Wisdom is above action, why dost Thou advise me to engage in this terrible fight?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya199.17°TulāSvātī P4
चन्द्र Candra116.71°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.59°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha208.97°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.95°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra152.94°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani306.42°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:31 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:14 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 05:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:48 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:58 – 09:16
Yamaganda10:34 – 11:52
Gulika Kāla13:10 – 14:28
Varjyam07:06 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Amṛta06:40 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:58 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:16 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:34 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:52 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:10 – 14:28 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:28 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:46 – 17:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:04 – 18:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:46 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:28 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:10 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:52 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:34 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:16 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:58 – 06:40 (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 Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871789.27
Julian Day2460254.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1861°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)276.97°
🪷 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 (24.1861°), declination -15.85°, EoT 16.19 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: 2023-11-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)