पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · April 2, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.39 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।
"18.39 While the pleasure which from first to last merely drugs the senses, which springs from indolence, lethargy and folly - that pleasure flows from Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya347.84°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra290.45°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala116.31°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha324.33°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati112.73°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra313.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani352.78°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:14 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:31 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:37 – 12:12
Yamaganda15:22 – 16:57
Gulika Kāla07:27 – 09:02
Varjyam06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:52 – 07:27 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:27 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:02 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:37 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:12 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:47 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:22 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:57 – 18:32 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:32 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:57 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:22 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:47 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:12 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:37 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:02 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:27 – 05:52 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873032.27
Julian Day2461497.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2337°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.77°
🪷 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 (24.2337°), declination 4.77°, EoT -4.03 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: 2027-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)