पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 13, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.43 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः।

उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः।।1.43।।
"1.43 By the destruction of our lineage and the pollution of blood, ancient class traditions and family purity alike perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya359.52°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra92.90°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.26°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha355.68°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati267.96°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra344.34°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani127.86°SiṃhaMaghā P3

Seattle, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-8)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:41 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:06 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:30
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:14 – 18:56
Yamaganda12:10 – 13:52
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 17:14
Varjyam05:58 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:24 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:06 – 08:47 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:47 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:10 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:52 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:14 – 18:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:56 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:14 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:52 – 00:10 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:10 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:47 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:06 – 05:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866104.27
Julian Day2454569.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9687°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.61°
🪷 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 (23.9687°), declination 9.12°, EoT -0.77 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: 2008-04-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)