पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 7, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.2 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे।

तदेकं वद निश्िचत्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्।।3.2।।
"3.2 Thy language perplexes me and confuses my reason. Therefore please tell me the only way by which I may, without doubt, secure my spiritual welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.2'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)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya200.18°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra128.53°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala203.29°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha210.51°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.81°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra154.02°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani306.42°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 21 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 38 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:50 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:27 – 15:45
Yamaganda09:17 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:10
Varjyam07:07 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:42 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:59 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:17 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:34 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:10 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:27 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:45 – 17:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:03 – 18:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:45 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:27 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:10 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:34 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:17 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:59 – 06:42 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871790.27
Julian Day2460255.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1862°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)287.61°
🪷 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 (24.1862°), declination -16.15°, EoT 16.09 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: 2023-11-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)