पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 22, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.35 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव।

येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि।।4.35।।
"4.35 Having known That, thou shalt never again be confounded; and, O Arjuna, by the power of that wisdom, thou shalt see all these people as if they were thine own Self, and therefore as Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.30°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra54.67°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala258.59°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha255.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.23°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra243.85°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani311.24°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:23 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:06 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:37 – 09:51
Yamaganda11:05 – 12:20
Gulika Kāla13:34 – 14:48
Varjyam07:47 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:23 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:37 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:51 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:05 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:20 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:34 – 14:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:48 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:02 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:17 – 19:02 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:02 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:48 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:34 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:20 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:05 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:51 – 05:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:37 – 07:23 (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)1871866.27
Julian Day2460331.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1891°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.64°
🪷 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 (24.1891°), declination -19.83°, EoT -11.54 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: 2024-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)