पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · October 4, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya166.94°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra154.89°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala118.90°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha191.46°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.05°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra211.69°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani196.03°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:11 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:04 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:14 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:31 – 11:57
Yamaganda14:50 – 16:17
Gulika Kāla07:38 – 09:04
Varjyam06:40 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:11 – 07:38 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:38 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:04 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:31 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:57 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:24 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:50 – 16:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:17 – 17:43 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:43 – 19:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:17 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:50 – 22:24 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:24 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:57 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:31 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:04 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:38 – 06:11 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868104.27
Julian Day2456569.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0452°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.97°
🪷 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 (24.0452°), declination -4.35°, EoT 12.10 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: 2013-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)