पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA · January 23, 2033 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.59 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।18.59।।

"18.59 If thou in thy vanity thinkest of avoiding this fight, thy will shall not be fulfilled, for Nature herself will compel thee." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.59's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2090 Akṣaya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1955 Pramādī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1440

Malayalam Era: 1209

Nanakshahi: 564

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	279.02°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	181.29°	Tulā	Citrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	206.91°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
बुध Budha	285.29°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	287.13°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra	324.82°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	66.90°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:19 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:20 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:18 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 57 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 02 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:02 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:32 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:00 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:59 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:19 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla	17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:00 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:04 – 17:19
Yamaganda	12:20 – 13:35
Gulika Kāla	14:49 – 16:04
Varjyam	07:46 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta	09:41 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	07:21 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:36 – 09:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:51 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	11:05 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:20 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:35 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:49 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:04 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:19 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:04 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:49 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:35 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:20 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	02:05 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:51 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:36 – 07:21 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 38.9072°

Longitude: -77.0369°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5134
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1875155.27
Julian Day	2463620.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.3149°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	265.34°

🪷 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 (24.3149°), declination -19.41°, EoT -11.81 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: 2033-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)