पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · April 23, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.10 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।

हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते।।9.10।।
"9.10 Under my guidance, Nature produces all things movable and immovable. Thus it is, O Arjuna, that this universe revolves." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya9.17°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra348.73°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.64°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha20.96°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.80°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra49.63°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani7.03°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:04 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:32 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:13 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:11 – 18:53
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:48
Gulika Kāla15:30 – 17:11
Varjyam05:54 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:20 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:02 – 08:43 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:43 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:25 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:48 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:30 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:11 – 18:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:53 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:11 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:30 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:48 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:25 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:43 – 04:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:02 – 05:20 (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 Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873419.27
Julian Day2461884.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2485°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.71°
🪷 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 (24.2485°), declination 12.65°, EoT 1.60 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: 2028-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)