पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 11, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.61°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra59.55°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala139.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha220.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.58°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra263.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani182.39°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:48 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:26 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:20 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 30 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 29 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:40 – 07:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:05 – 07:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:15 – 16:19
Yamaganda12:03 – 13:07
Gulika Kāla14:11 – 15:15
Varjyam08:09 – 08:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:48 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:52 – 09:56 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:56 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:59 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:03 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:07 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:11 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:15 – 16:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:19 – 18:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:15 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:11 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:07 – 00:03 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:03 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:59 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:56 – 05:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:52 – 07:48 (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 Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867441.27
Julian Day2455906.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0198°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.08°
🪷 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 (24.0198°), declination -22.95°, EoT 5.99 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: 2011-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)