पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · November 20, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya214.01°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra88.79°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala99.84°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha235.83°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati54.37°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra255.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani318.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:16 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:51 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:38 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:54 – 13:09
Yamaganda08:11 – 09:26
Gulika Kāla10:40 – 11:54
Varjyam07:22 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:57 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:11 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:26 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:40 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:54 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:09 – 14:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:23 – 15:37 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:37 – 16:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:52 – 18:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:37 – 20:23 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:23 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:09 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:54 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:40 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:26 – 05:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:11 – 06:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872169.27
Julian Day2460634.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2006°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)233.80°
🪷 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 (24.2006°), declination -19.76°, EoT 13.70 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: 2024-11-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)