पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 22, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.16 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते।।15.16।।
"15.16 There are two aspects in Nature: the perishable and the imperishable. All life in this world belongs to the former, the unchanging element belongs to the latter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya95.37°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra265.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala71.51°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha79.05°MithunaĀrdrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati71.29°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra125.18°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani190.68°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:34 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:57 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:16 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:53 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 22 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 37 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:31 – 03:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:17 – 04:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:45 – 20:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:57 – 20:35
Amṛta Kāla19:42 – 21:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:29 – 08:25
Yamaganda10:20 – 12:15
Gulika Kāla14:11 – 16:06
Varjyam05:13 – 05:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:34 – 06:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:29 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:25 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:20 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:15 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:11 – 16:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:06 – 18:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta18:01 – 19:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:57 – 21:01 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha21:01 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:06 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:11 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:15 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:20 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:25 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:29 – 04:34 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868030.27
Julian Day2456495.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0423°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)170.94°
🪷 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 (24.0423°), declination 20.27°, EoT -6.10 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: 2013-07-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)