पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 9, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.40 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते।

नहि कल्याणकृत्कश्िचद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति।।6.40।।
"6.40 Lord Shri Krishna replied: My beloved child! There is no destruction for him, either in this world or in the next. No evil fate awaits him who treads the path of righteousness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya324.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra208.54°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha320.81°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.71°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra338.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani338.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:36 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:57 – 09:25
Yamaganda10:52 – 12:19
Gulika Kāla13:47 – 15:14
Varjyam06:59 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 Amṛta06:30 – 07:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:57 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:25 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:52 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:19 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:47 – 15:14 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:14 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:42 – 18:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:09 – 19:42 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:42 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:14 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:47 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:19 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:52 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:25 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:57 – 06:30 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872643.27
Julian Day2461108.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2188°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)245.97°
🪷 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 (24.2188°), declination -4.56°, EoT -11.28 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: 2026-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)