पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 26, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.36 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या

जगत् प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च।

रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति

सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः।।11.36।।
"11.36 Arjuna said: My Lord! It is natural that the world revels and rejoices when it sings the praises of Thy glory; the demons fly in fear and the saints offer Thee their salutations." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya313.05°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra46.85°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala340.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha286.13°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati110.33°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra342.12°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani220.39°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:48 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:28 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:06
Yamaganda06:57 – 08:19
Gulika Kāla09:40 – 11:01
Varjyam07:24 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:57 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:19 – 09:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:40 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:01 – 12:23 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:23 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:06 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:27 – 17:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:48 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:27 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:06 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:23 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:01 – 03:40 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:40 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:19 – 06:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868614.27
Julian Day2457079.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0647°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.64°
🪷 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 (24.0647°), declination -8.90°, EoT -13.55 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: 2015-02-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)