पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · July 18, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.3 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम्।

असम्मूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।।10.3।।
"10.3 He who knows Me as the unborn, without beginning, the Lord of the universe, he, stripped of his delusion, becomes free from all conceivable sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.73°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra228.45°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala33.50°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha117.96°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra103.29°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani325.04°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:31 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:35 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:07 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:01 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:31 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:52
Yamaganda04:57 – 06:46
Gulika Kāla08:36 – 10:25
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:57 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:46 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:36 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:25 – 12:14 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:14 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:03 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:52 – 17:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:42 – 19:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:31 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:42 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:52 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:03 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:14 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:25 – 02:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:36 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:46 – 04:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872044.27
Julian Day2460509.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1959°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)137.12°
🪷 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 (24.1959°), declination 20.96°, EoT -5.86 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: 2024-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)