पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 9, 2015 CE

Also observed today

प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।

"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	232.55°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	204.98°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	171.19°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
बुध Budha	244.11°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	147.02°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra	190.26°	Tulā	Svātī P2
शनि Śani	224.22°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:46 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:29 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	14:55 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	8 Hours 33 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	15 Hours 26 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:38 – 07:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:03 – 07:46
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:45 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:28 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla	16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:45 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:02 – 13:07
Yamaganda	08:50 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla	10:58 – 12:02
Varjyam	08:07 – 08:21
Dur Muhūrta	09:46 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	07:46 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:50 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:54 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:58 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:02 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:07 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:11 – 15:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:15 – 16:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	16:19 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:15 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:11 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:07 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:02 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:58 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:54 – 05:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:50 – 07:46 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868900.27
Julian Day	2457365.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0756°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	331.41°

🪷 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 (24.0756°), declination -22.76°, EoT 6.87 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: 2015-12-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)