पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 12, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra217.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala264.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha216.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.66°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra210.62°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani193.46°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:49 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:18 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:21 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:16 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 29 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 30 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:41 – 07:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:07 – 07:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:06 – 16:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:18 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:03 – 17:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:04 – 13:07
Yamaganda08:53 – 09:56
Gulika Kāla11:00 – 12:04
Varjyam08:10 – 08:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:49 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:53 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:56 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:00 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:04 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:07 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:11 – 15:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:15 – 16:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:18 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:15 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:11 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:07 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:04 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:00 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:56 – 05:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:53 – 07:49 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867808.27
Julian Day2456273.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0339°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.39°
🪷 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 (24.0339°), declination -23.09°, EoT 5.54 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: 2012-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)