पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 13, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.14 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः।

न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते।।5.14।।
"5.14 The Lord of this universe has not ordained activity, or any incentive thereto, or any relation between an act and its consequences. All this is the work of Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.63°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra204.65°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala267.36°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha262.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.38°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra269.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani332.85°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:26 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:56 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 41 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 18 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:42 – 15:55
Yamaganda09:51 – 11:04
Gulika Kāla12:17 – 13:29
Varjyam07:50 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:26 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:39 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:51 – 11:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:04 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:17 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:42 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:55 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:07 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:55 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:42 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:17 – 02:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:04 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:51 – 05:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:39 – 07:26 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Daśamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872588.27
Julian Day2461053.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2167°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)294.18°
🪷 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 (24.2167°), declination -21.50°, EoT -8.64 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: 2026-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)