पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · October 3, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.26 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्।

जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् युक्तः समाचरन्।।3.26।।
"3.26 But a wise man should not perturb the minds of the ignorant, who are attached to action; let him perform his own actions in the right spirit, with concentration on Me, thus inspiring all to do the same." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.37°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra203.56°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala206.31°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha189.41°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.24°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra179.01°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani1.34°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:24 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:35 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:20 – 17:48
Yamaganda11:56 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla14:52 – 16:20
Varjyam06:34 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Udveg06:04 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:32 – 09:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:00 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:28 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:56 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:24 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:52 – 16:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:20 – 17:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:48 – 19:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:20 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:52 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:24 – 23:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:56 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:28 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:00 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:32 – 06:04 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873216.27
Julian Day2461681.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2407°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.79°
🪷 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 (24.2407°), declination -3.81°, EoT 11.79 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: 2027-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)