पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 1, 2013 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.76 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः।।18.76।।
"18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.76's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya224.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra198.24°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala152.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha209.49°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.91°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra267.28°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani202.82°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:37 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:05 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 43 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 16 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:27 – 07:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:54 – 07:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:16 – 16:21
Yamaganda11:59 – 13:05
Gulika Kāla14:10 – 15:16
Varjyam07:59 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 09:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:37 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:43 – 09:48 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:48 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:54 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:59 – 13:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:05 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:10 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:16 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:21 – 18:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:16 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:10 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:05 – 23:59 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:59 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:54 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:48 – 05:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:43 – 07:37 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868162.27
Julian Day2456627.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0474°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.46°
🪷 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 (24.0474°), declination -21.80°, EoT 10.13 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: 2013-12-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)