पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 9, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.30 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः।यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति।।13.30।।
"13.30 He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and that the Self never acts, alone knows the Truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya233.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra328.39°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.59°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha226.01°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.86°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra277.52°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani319.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:15 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 30 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 29 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:35 – 16:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:47 – 17:10
Amṛta Kāla16:32 – 18:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:39
Yamaganda10:50 – 12:01
Gulika Kāla13:13 – 14:24
Varjyam07:40 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:16 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:27 – 09:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:39 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:50 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:01 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:13 – 14:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:24 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:35 – 16:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:47 – 18:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:35 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:24 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:13 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:01 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:50 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:39 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:27 – 07:16 (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 Śukla Navamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872188.27
Julian Day2460653.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2014°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.15°
🪷 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 (24.2014°), declination -22.84°, EoT 6.87 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: 2024-12-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)