पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 14, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.20 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया।

यत्र चैवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति।।6.20।।
"6.20 There, where the whole nature is seen in the light of the Self, where the man abides within his Self and is satisfied there, its functions restrained by its union with the Divine, the mind finds rest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya87.96°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra199.78°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala210.15°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha95.72°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.29°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra97.94°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani226.22°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:26 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:04 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:52 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:33 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 37 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 22 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:21 – 03:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:08 – 04:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:54
Godhūli Muhūrta19:52 – 20:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:04 – 20:43
Amṛta Kāla19:49 – 21:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:12 – 16:09
Yamaganda04:26 – 06:23
Gulika Kāla08:20 – 10:18
Varjyam05:05 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:26 – 06:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:23 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:20 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:18 – 12:15 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:15 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:12 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:09 – 18:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha18:07 – 20:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta20:04 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla21:07 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:09 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:12 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:15 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:18 – 02:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:20 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:23 – 04:26 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869118.27
Julian Day2457583.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0840°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)111.45°
🪷 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 (24.0840°), declination 21.63°, EoT -5.48 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: 2016-07-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)