पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · February 10, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya297.08°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra212.63°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala289.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha310.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.07°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra304.95°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani335.44°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:48 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:42 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:42 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:13 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:06
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:01 – 16:20
Yamaganda09:44 – 11:04
Gulika Kāla12:23 – 13:42
Varjyam07:32 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:06 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:25 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:44 – 11:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:04 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:23 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 15:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:01 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:20 – 17:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:39 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:20 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:01 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:23 – 02:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:04 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:44 – 05:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:25 – 07:06 (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 Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872616.27
Julian Day2461081.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2177°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.05°
🪷 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 (24.2177°), declination -14.40°, EoT -14.55 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: 2026-02-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)