पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 26, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya341.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra55.87°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.48°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha326.55°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.04°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra16.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani220.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:20 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:11 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:49 – 15:22
Yamaganda06:02 – 07:35
Gulika Kāla09:09 – 10:42
Varjyam06:33 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:02 – 07:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:35 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:09 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:42 – 12:16 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:16 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:49 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:22 – 16:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:56 – 18:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:29 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:56 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:22 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:49 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:16 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:42 – 03:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:09 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:35 – 06:02 (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 Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868642.27
Julian Day2457107.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0658°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)72.26°
🪷 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 (24.0658°), declination 2.01°, EoT -6.26 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: 2015-03-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)