पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 7, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।
"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya230.70°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra208.63°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala129.46°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha216.34°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.51°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra187.16°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani343.77°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:31 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:33 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:35 – 16:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:47 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:32 – 18:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:26 – 09:37
Yamaganda10:49 – 12:00
Gulika Kāla13:12 – 14:24
Varjyam07:38 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Amṛta07:14 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:26 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:37 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:49 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:00 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:12 – 14:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:24 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:35 – 16:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:47 – 18:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:35 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:24 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:12 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:00 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:49 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:37 – 05:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:26 – 07:14 (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 Caturdaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872916.27
Julian Day2461381.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2292°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.75°
🪷 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 (24.2292°), declination -22.58°, EoT 7.72 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: 2026-12-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)