पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 24, 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 5.23 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।

कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
"5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.23'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.73°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra203.42°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala267.07°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha254.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.49°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra280.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani356.79°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:05 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:17 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:10 – 06:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:08
Yamaganda14:30 – 15:40
Gulika Kāla08:36 – 09:47
Varjyam07:49 – 08:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Chala07:25 – 08:36 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:36 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:47 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:08 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:19 – 14:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:30 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:40 – 16:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:51 – 18:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:40 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:30 – 22:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:19 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:08 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:47 – 05:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:36 – 07:25 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873298.27
Julian Day2461763.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2438°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)314.95°
🪷 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 (24.2438°), declination -23.42°, EoT -0.03 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: 2027-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)