पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · December 22, 2029 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 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.19°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra78.62°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha263.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.55°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra268.78°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani24.45°MeṣaBharaṇī 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)17:34 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:38 – 17:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:50 – 17:14
Amṛta Kāla16:35 – 18:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:46 – 10:56
Yamaganda13:18 – 14:29
Gulika Kāla07:24 – 08:35
Varjyam07:48 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:24 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:35 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:46 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:56 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:07 – 13:18 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:18 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:29 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:40 – 16:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:50 – 18:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:40 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:29 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:18 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:07 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:56 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:46 – 05:35 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:35 – 07:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874027.27
Julian Day2462492.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2717°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)193.00°
🪷 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 (24.2717°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2029-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)