पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 19, 2025 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।

"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta

Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu

Bengali Saṁvat: 1432

Malayalam Era: 1201

Nanakshahi: 556

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	306.44°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	197.86°	Tulā	Svātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	82.60°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
बुध Budha	313.79°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	47.39°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra	344.07°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	325.38°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:55 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:50 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:57 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 54 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 05 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:28 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:00 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:01 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:12 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:50 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla	17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:01 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:23 – 13:44
Yamaganda	08:17 – 09:39
Gulika Kāla	11:01 – 12:23
Varjyam	07:22 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta	09:28 – 09:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	06:55 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:17 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:39 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	11:01 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:23 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:44 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:06 – 16:28 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:28 – 17:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:50 – 19:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:28 – 21:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:06 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:44 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:23 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	02:01 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:39 – 05:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:17 – 06:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Saptamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872260.27
Julian Day	2460725.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2041°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	254.36°

🪷 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 (24.2041°), declination -11.25°, EoT -14.37 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: 2025-02-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)