पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · June 23, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.12 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।

राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः।।9.12।।
"9.12 Their hopes are vain, their actions worthless, their knowledge futile; they are without sense, deceitful, barbarous and godless." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya67.89°MithunaĀrdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra260.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.65°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha77.49°MithunaĀrdrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra72.58°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani325.28°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:16 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:44 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:29 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:45 – 19:37
Yamaganda12:10 – 14:02
Gulika Kāla15:53 – 17:45
Varjyam05:20 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:43 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:35 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:18 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:10 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:02 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:53 – 17:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:45 – 19:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:37 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:45 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:53 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:02 – 00:10 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:10 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:18 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:35 – 04:43 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872019.27
Julian Day2460484.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1949°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.64°
🪷 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 (24.1949°), declination 23.42°, EoT -1.87 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: 2024-06-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)