पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · September 22, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.13 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्।

यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्।।8.13।।
"8.13 Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leaves his body and goes forth reaches the Spirit Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya155.39°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra47.41°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.34°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha140.62°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.04°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra183.76°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani226.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:59 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:40 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:33 – 15:04
Yamaganda05:55 – 07:27
Gulika Kāla08:58 – 10:30
Varjyam06:26 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
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 Śubha05:55 – 07:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:27 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:58 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 12:01 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:01 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:33 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:04 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:36 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:07 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:36 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:04 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:33 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:01 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 02:58 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:58 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:27 – 05:55 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869188.27
Julian Day2457653.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0866°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.13°
🪷 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 (24.0866°), declination 0.21°, EoT 8.08 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: 2016-09-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)