पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 2, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya348.68°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra104.94°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.38°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha330.02°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.32°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra34.38°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani182.95°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:31 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:26 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:42 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:23 – 09:00
Yamaganda10:37 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:50 – 15:27
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:46 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:23 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:00 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:37 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:50 – 15:27 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:27 – 17:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:04 – 18:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:40 – 20:04 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:04 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:27 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:50 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:37 – 03:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:00 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:23 – 05:46 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867554.27
Julian Day2456019.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0241°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)118.61°
🪷 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 (24.0241°), declination 5.02°, EoT -4.03 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: 2012-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)