🪷 पञ्चाङ्ग — Washington DC, USA
May 18, 2026 CE · US · UTC-5
Śukla Dvitīyā
Rohiṇī nakshatra · Sukarma yoga · Bālava karaṇa · Somavāra (Monday)
Washington DC, USA 2026-05-18 Complete Pañchāṅga Source-Anchor Spine
This page-local spine keeps the complete localized pañchāṅga transparent: one city/kṣetra, one date, universal day-axis, city-day descent, muhūrta, choghaḍiyā, hora, JSON envelopes, jyotiṣa source layer, saṁskāra timing, calculator, tīrtha, Bindu, philosophy, and surrender boundary. It supports dharmic timing and source navigation; it does not make this city the universal center or replace qualified local guidance.
Washington DC, USA city routepage-local city darśana, LMT, closed-science sun-times, and local kṣetra orientation/citiesmaster Bhūmi city-access source spine and full Earth search doorwaycity search APImachine doorway for resolving the same city slug from the shipped city corpusWashington DC, USA city-daycity-localized pañchāṅga descent for this date and kṣetraWashington DC, USA muhūrtaRāhu-kālam, Yamagaṇḍa, Gulika, Abhijit, Brahma, and day-muhūrta companion routeWashington DC, USA choghaḍiyāday and night choghaḍiyā companion route for local action windowsWashington DC, USA hora24-hour graha-rulership companion route for local hora selectionWashington DC, USA complete pañchāṅgacomplete localized pañchāṅga route with muhūrta, choghaḍiyā, multi-ayanāṁśa, and local source spineuniversal day spineatomic day-axis before localization into this citymuhūrta JSON envelopemachine-readable local Rāhu-kālam, Gulika, Abhijit, and day-muhūrta datachoghaḍiyā JSON envelopemachine-readable day and night choghaḍiyā windows for this city and datehora JSON envelopemachine-readable active-hora sample for the same local city/day substrate/jyotisha-referencegraha, rāśi, nakshatra, tithi, karaṇa, and time-element source layer/samskara-muhurtarite-timing application that consumes the same city-localized time substrate/calculatorreader-local birth-chart doorway using the same city corpus/tirthassacred-geography spine layered over city and kṣetra accessBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckonersBG 18.66surrender anchor that keeps timing support subordinate to Krishna/binducity as one kṣetra-aperture of the same Bindu-Source/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation सूर्योदय / सूर्यास्त — Solar Times
| Sūryodaya | 04:52:41 | Sūryāsta | 19:16:28 |
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⚠ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Periods
| Rāhu Kālam (राहु काल) | 06:40 – 08:28 |
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| Yamaganda Kālam (यमगण्ड काल) | 10:16 – 12:04 |
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| Gulika Kālam (गुलिक काल) | 13:52 – 15:40 |
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✓ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Muhūrtas
| Brahma Muhūrta (ब्रह्म मुहूर्त) | 03:16 – 04:04 |
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| Abhijit Muhūrta (अभिजित् मुहूर्त) | 11:40 – 12:28 |
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चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā
Day Choghaḍiyās (sunrise → sunset)
| # | Name | Planet | Time | Effect |
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| 1 | ★ Amṛta अमृत | Moon | 04:53 – 06:41 | Very Auspicious |
| 2 | ⚠ Kāla काल | Saturn | 06:41 – 08:29 | Inauspicious |
| 3 | ✓ Śubha शुभ | Jupiter | 08:29 – 10:17 | Auspicious |
| 4 | ⚠ Roga रोग | Mars | 10:17 – 12:05 | Inauspicious |
| 5 | ⚠ Udveg उद्वेग | Sun | 12:05 – 13:53 | Inauspicious |
| 6 | ◐ Cara चर | Venus | 13:53 – 15:41 | Mixed |
| 7 | ✓ Lābha लाभ | Mercury | 15:41 – 17:29 | Auspicious |
| 8 | ★ Amṛta अमृत | Moon | 17:29 – 19:16 | Very Auspicious |
Night Choghaḍiyās (sunset → next sunrise)
| # | Name | Planet | Time | Effect |
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| 1 | ◐ Cara चर | Venus | 19:16 – 20:28 | Mixed |
| 2 | ⚠ Roga रोग | Mars | 20:28 – 21:40 | Inauspicious |
| 3 | ⚠ Kāla काल | Saturn | 21:40 – 22:52 | Inauspicious |
| 4 | ✓ Lābha लाभ | Mercury | 22:52 – 00:04 | Auspicious |
| 5 | ⚠ Udveg उद्वेग | Sun | 00:04 – 01:16 | Inauspicious |
| 6 | ✓ Śubha शुभ | Jupiter | 01:16 – 02:28 | Auspicious |
| 7 | ★ Amṛta अमृत | Moon | 02:28 – 03:40 | Very Auspicious |
| 8 | ◐ Cara चर | Venus | 03:40 – 04:52 | Mixed |
१५ दिन-मुहूर्त — 15 Day-Muhūrtas (Sūrya-Siddhānta)
Each Muhūrta = 2 Ghaṭikās = 48 minutes. There are 30 Muhūrtas in the full day-night cycle (15 + 15).
| # | Muhūrta | Time | Effect | Deity |
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| 1 | Rudra रुद्र | 04:52 – 05:50 | Inauspicious | Rudra (Shiva) |
| 2 | Ahi अहि | 05:50 – 06:47 | Inauspicious | Serpent |
| 3 | Mitra मित्र | 06:47 – 07:45 | Auspicious | Mitra (Friend) |
| 4 | Pitru पितृ | 07:45 – 08:43 | Neutral | Ancestors |
| 5 | Vasu वसु | 08:43 – 09:40 | Auspicious | Vasus |
| 6 | Vara वार | 09:40 – 10:38 | Auspicious | Day Lord |
| 7 | Vishvedeva विश्वेदेव | 10:38 – 11:35 | Auspicious | All Gods |
| 8 | Vidhi विधि | 11:35 – 12:33 | Auspicious | Brahma |
| 9 | Satamukhi सतमुखी | 12:33 – 13:30 | Auspicious | Indra |
| 10 | Puruhuta पुरुहूत | 13:30 – 14:28 | Auspicious | Indra |
| 11 | Vahini वाहिनी | 14:28 – 15:26 | Inauspicious | Agni |
| 12 | Naktanakara नक्तनकर | 15:26 – 16:23 | Inauspicious | Moon |
| 13 | Varuna वरुण | 16:23 – 17:21 | Auspicious | Varuna |
| 14 | Aryaman अर्यमन् | 17:21 – 18:18 | Auspicious | Aryaman |
| 15 | Bhaga भग | 18:18 – 19:16 | Auspicious | Bhaga |
अयनांश — Multi-Ayanāṁśa Comparison
Different Vedic schools use different ayanāṁśa anchors. For cuspal placements (planets near sign-boundaries), the ayanāṁśa choice determines which sign the planet falls in.
| System | Anchor | Value |
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| Lahiri Chitrāpakṣa | J2000.0 (Indian official) | 24.2215° |
| SS-Native Citrā | Bhāskara II uniform precession (285 CE) | 24.3314° |
| Raman | B.V. Raman zero-point | 22.3618° |
SS-native is Bhāskara-II uniform precession anchored at Citrā-zero (285 CE). Lahiri uses J2000 reference. Raman uses later zero-point.
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