पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 18, 2026 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga

न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।

"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1433

Malayalam Era: 1202

Nanakshahi: 557

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	241.88°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
चन्द्र Candra	341.34°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	132.67°	Siṃha	Maghā P4
बुध Budha	233.29°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	122.53°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शुक्र Śukra	195.77°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	343.80°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:22 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:49 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:33 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 26 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 33 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:07 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:35 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:46 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:40 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:49 – 17:12
Amṛta Kāla	16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:46 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:55 – 12:05
Yamaganda	14:27 – 15:38
Gulika Kāla	08:33 – 09:44
Varjyam	07:46 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta	09:34 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	07:22 – 08:33 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:33 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:44 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:55 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:05 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:16 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:27 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:38 – 16:49 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	16:49 – 18:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:38 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:27 – 22:16 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:16 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:05 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:55 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:44 – 05:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:33 – 07:22 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872927.27
Julian Day	2461392.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2296°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	103.21°

🪷 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 (24.2296°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2026-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)