पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 21, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.67°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra163.12°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala264.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha249.43°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.29°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra276.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani356.80°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:24 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:50 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:47 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:34 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:08 – 06:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:38 – 17:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:50 – 17:13
Amṛta Kāla16:35 – 18:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:28 – 15:39
Yamaganda09:45 – 10:56
Gulika Kāla12:07 – 13:18
Varjyam07:47 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:24 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:34 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:45 – 10:56 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:56 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:07 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:18 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:28 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:39 – 16:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:50 – 18:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:39 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:28 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:18 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:07 – 01:56 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:56 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:45 – 05:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:34 – 07:24 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873295.27
Julian Day2461760.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2437°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)276.43°
🪷 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 (24.2437°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.38 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: 2027-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)