पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 11, 2026 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।

"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.42'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 Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	326.26°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra	232.30°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	312.03°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha	318.85°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	80.70°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra	341.14°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani	338.81°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:27 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:11 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:19 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	01:19 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:47 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 44 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 15 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:53 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:28 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:55 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:16 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:11 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla	17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:55 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:19 – 13:47
Yamaganda	07:55 – 09:23
Gulika Kāla	10:51 – 12:19
Varjyam	06:56 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta	09:11 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)

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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	06:27 – 07:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:55 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:23 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:51 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:19 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:47 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:15 – 16:43 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:43 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	18:11 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:43 – 21:15 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:15 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:47 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:19 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:51 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:23 – 04:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:55 – 06:27 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872645.27
Julian Day	2461110.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2189°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	267.20°

🪷 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 (24.2189°), declination -3.77°, EoT -10.76 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: 2026-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)