पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 14, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra77.63°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.02°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha248.47°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra282.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani147.29°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:51 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:27 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:16 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 27 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 32 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:43 – 07:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:08 – 07:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:15 – 16:19
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:08
Gulika Kāla14:12 – 15:15
Varjyam08:12 – 08:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Udveg07:51 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:54 – 09:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:58 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:01 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:08 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:12 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:15 – 16:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:19 – 18:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:15 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:12 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:08 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:01 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:58 – 05:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:54 – 07:51 (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 Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866349.27
Julian Day2454814.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9781°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.50°
🪷 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 (23.9781°), declination -23.22°, EoT 4.64 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: 2008-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)