पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 14, 2025 CE

Also observed today

लक्ष्मी जयन्ती · Lakṣmī JayantīVaishnava
कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.19 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः।परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.19।।

"17.19 Austerity done under delusion, and accompanied with sorcery or torture to oneself or another, may be assumed to spring from Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla 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)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	329.51°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra	146.75°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	84.26°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
बुध Budha	345.04°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	49.29°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra	343.39°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	328.19°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:22 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:18 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:52 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 52 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 07 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:47 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:22 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:54 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:17 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:14 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla	17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:54 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:49 – 12:18
Yamaganda	15:16 – 16:45
Gulika Kāla	07:51 – 09:20
Varjyam	06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta	09:08 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:22 – 07:51 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:51 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:20 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:49 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:18 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:47 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:16 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:45 – 18:14 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:14 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:45 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:16 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:47 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:18 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:49 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:20 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:51 – 06:22 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872283.27
Julian Day	2460748.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2050°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	178.56°

🪷 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 (24.2050°), declination -2.50°, EoT -9.94 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: 2025-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)