पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · October 16, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.10 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः।

अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।
"3.10 In the beginning, when God created all beings by the sacrifice of Himself, He said unto them: Through sacrifice you can procreate, and it shall satisfy all your desires." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya178.72°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra116.70°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.65°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha198.91°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati89.69°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra158.13°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani332.55°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:54 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:17 – 14:41
Yamaganda06:18 – 07:42
Gulika Kāla09:05 – 10:29
Varjyam06:46 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:18 – 07:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:42 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:05 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:29 – 11:53 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:53 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:17 – 14:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:41 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:05 – 17:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:28 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:05 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:41 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:17 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:53 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:29 – 03:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:05 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:42 – 06:18 (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 Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872499.27
Julian Day2460964.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2133°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)295.69°
🪷 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 (24.2133°), declination -8.92°, EoT 15.05 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: 2025-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)