पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 3, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya48.78°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra2.89°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.86°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha34.77°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati37.72°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra48.02°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani324.73°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:44 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:40 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 44 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 15 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:46 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:05
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:34 – 08:25
Yamaganda10:15 – 12:06
Gulika Kāla13:57 – 15:47
Varjyam05:21 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:44 – 06:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:34 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:25 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:15 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:06 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:57 – 15:47 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:47 – 17:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:38 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:29 – 20:38 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:38 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:47 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:57 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:06 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:15 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:25 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:34 – 04:44 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871999.27
Julian Day2460464.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1941°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)315.85°
🪷 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 (24.1941°), declination 22.35°, EoT 2.05 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: 2024-06-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)