पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 26, 2016 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।

"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa 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)	Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	129.16°	Siṃha	Maghā P3
चन्द्र Candra	50.73°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	226.47°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	153.99°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	152.30°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	150.74°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani	225.63°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:20 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:02 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:11 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:04 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	14:50 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 42 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 17 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:30 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:11 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:43 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:28 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:02 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla	18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:43 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:28 – 12:11
Yamaganda	15:36 – 17:19
Gulika Kāla	07:02 – 08:45
Varjyam	05:54 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta	08:31 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:20 – 07:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:02 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:45 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:28 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:11 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:54 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:36 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:19 – 19:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	19:02 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:19 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:36 – 22:54 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:54 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:11 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:28 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:45 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:02 – 05:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869161.27
Julian Day	2457626.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0856°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	280.50°

🪷 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 (24.0856°), declination 10.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2016-08-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)