पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · May 2, 2028 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।

"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	17.92°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra	107.14°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	8.42°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
बुध Budha	36.91°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	143.36°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra	53.66°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani	8.17°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:09 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:01 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:00 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:04 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 52 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 07 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:18 – 04:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:59 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:37 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:24 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:01 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla	18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:37 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:33 – 17:17
Yamaganda	08:37 – 10:21
Gulika Kāla	12:05 – 13:49
Varjyam	05:44 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta	08:23 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:09 – 06:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:53 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:37 – 10:21 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:21 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:05 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:49 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:33 – 17:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:17 – 19:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:01 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:17 – 21:33 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:33 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:49 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:05 – 01:21 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:21 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:37 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:53 – 05:09 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1873428.27
Julian Day	2461893.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2488°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.91°

🪷 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 (24.2488°), declination 15.49°, EoT 3.04 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: 2028-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)