पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 11, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37'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 Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra230.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.35°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha247.20°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.20°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra192.62°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani224.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:48 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:29 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:01 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 30 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 29 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:40 – 07:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:05 – 07:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 12:03
Yamaganda14:11 – 15:15
Gulika Kāla08:52 – 09:56
Varjyam08:09 – 08:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:48 – 08:52 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:52 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:56 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:03 – 13:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:07 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:11 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:15 – 16:19 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:19 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:15 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:11 – 22:07 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:07 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:03 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:56 – 05:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:52 – 07:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868902.27
Julian Day2457367.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0757°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)354.76°
🪷 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 (24.0757°), declination -22.95°, EoT 5.99 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: 2015-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)