पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 3, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.41 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं

हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति।

अजानता महिमानं तवेदं

मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि।।11.41।।
"11.41 Whatever I have said unto Thee in rashness, taking Thee only for a friend and addressing Thee as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend!' in thoughtless familiarity, no understanding Thy greatness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.41'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya318.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra108.65°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala344.12°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha291.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati109.78°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra348.24°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani220.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:02 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:46 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:09 – 16:33
Yamaganda09:35 – 10:58
Gulika Kāla12:22 – 13:45
Varjyam07:16 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:48 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:11 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:35 – 10:58 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:58 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:22 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:45 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:09 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:33 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:56 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:33 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:09 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:45 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:22 – 01:58 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:58 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:35 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:11 – 06:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868619.27
Julian Day2457084.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0649°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.33°
🪷 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 (24.0649°), declination -7.01°, EoT -12.65 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: 2015-03-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)