पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · March 22, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.6 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।

अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा।।7.6।।
"7.6 It is the womb of all being; for I am He by Whom the worlds were created and shall be dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.21°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra16.88°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.68°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha314.05°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.89°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra354.78°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani340.17°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:09 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:50 – 18:22
Yamaganda12:16 – 13:47
Gulika Kāla15:19 – 16:50
Varjyam06:40 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:10 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:41 – 09:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:13 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:44 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:47 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:19 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:50 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:22 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:50 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:19 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:47 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:44 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:13 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:41 – 06:10 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872656.27
Julian Day2461121.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2193°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)37.76°
🪷 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 (24.2193°), declination 0.57°, EoT -7.53 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: 2026-03-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)