पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · October 29, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: छठ पूजा — Chhaṭh Pūjā
Bihar/UP festival worshiping Sūrya. 6th day of Kārtika Śukla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya191.48°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra254.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.66°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha173.45°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.26°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra192.23°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani209.22°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:58 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:53 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:18 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:46 – 17:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:58 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:43 – 18:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:53 – 13:09
Yamaganda08:04 – 09:20
Gulika Kāla10:37 – 11:53
Varjyam07:13 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Labha06:48 – 08:04 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:04 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:20 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:37 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:53 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:09 – 14:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:25 – 15:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:42 – 16:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:58 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:42 – 20:25 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:25 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:09 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:53 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:37 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:20 – 05:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:04 – 06:48 (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 Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868494.27
Julian Day2456959.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0601°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)63.85°
🪷 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 (24.0601°), declination -13.37°, EoT 16.43 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: 2014-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)