पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 6, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya321.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra280.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala215.66°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha306.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra297.82°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani231.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:02 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:13 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:37 – 18:02
Yamaganda12:21 – 13:46
Gulika Kāla15:12 – 16:37
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:41 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:06 – 09:31 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:31 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:56 – 12:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:21 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:46 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:12 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:37 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:37 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:12 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:46 – 00:21 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:21 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:56 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:31 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:06 – 06:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868988.27
Julian Day2457453.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0790°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)319.80°
🪷 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 (24.0790°), declination -5.56°, EoT -12.00 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: 2016-03-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)