पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 18, 2016 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।

"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	121.45°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
चन्द्र Candra	296.74°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	222.41°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
बुध Budha	148.61°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	150.67°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	140.93°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	225.52°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:09 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:17 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	18:56 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:52 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 07 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 52 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:16 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:58 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:45 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:34 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:05 – 19:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:17 – 19:52
Amṛta Kāla	19:02 – 20:47
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:45 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:59 – 15:45
Yamaganda	05:09 – 06:55
Gulika Kāla	08:41 – 10:27
Varjyam	05:44 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta	08:27 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:09 – 06:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:55 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:41 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:27 – 12:13 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	12:13 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:59 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:45 – 17:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	17:31 – 19:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	19:17 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	20:31 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:45 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:59 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	00:13 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:27 – 02:41 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:41 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:55 – 05:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869153.27
Julian Day	2457618.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0853°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.30°

🪷 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 (24.0853°), declination 13.01°, EoT -3.53 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: 2016-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)