पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · September 29, 2012 CE

Also observed today

रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।

"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu

Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1419

Malayalam Era: 1188

Nanakshahi: 543

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	162.27°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	329.55°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	210.15°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
बुध Budha	175.88°	Kanyā	Citrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	51.96°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	120.89°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शनि Śani	184.91°	Tulā	Citrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:05 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:53 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:59 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:16 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:00 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 47 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 12 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:30 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:06 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:35 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:57 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:53 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla	17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:35 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:02 – 10:30
Yamaganda	13:27 – 14:56
Gulika Kāla	06:05 – 07:33
Varjyam	06:34 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta	08:50 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:05 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:33 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:02 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:30 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:59 – 13:27 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:27 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:56 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:24 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:53 – 19:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:24 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:56 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:27 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:59 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:30 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:02 – 04:33 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:33 – 06:05 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867734.27
Julian Day	2456199.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0310°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	168.25°

🪷 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 (24.0310°), declination -2.50°, EoT 10.52 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: 2012-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)