पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · October 4, 2016 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu
विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.25 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्।

तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते।।8.25।।

"8.25 But if he departs in gloom, at night, during the fortnight of the waning moon and in the six months before the Southern solstice, then he reaches but lunar light and he will be born again." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla 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)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	167.16°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
चन्द्र Candra	200.39°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	250.19°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
बुध Budha	150.57°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	160.64°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
शुक्र Śukra	198.39°	Tulā	Svātī P4
शनि Śani	227.56°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:12 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:43 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:57 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:20 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	19:00 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 30 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 29 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:40 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:14 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:34 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:52 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:43 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla	17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:34 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:50 – 16:16
Yamaganda	09:05 – 10:31
Gulika Kāla	11:57 – 13:24
Varjyam	06:41 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta	08:53 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:12 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:38 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:05 – 10:31 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:31 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:57 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:24 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:50 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:16 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:43 – 19:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:16 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:50 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:24 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:57 – 01:31 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:31 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:05 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:38 – 06:12 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869200.27
Julian Day	2457665.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0871°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	36.73°

🪷 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 (24.0871°), declination -4.45°, EoT 12.10 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: 2016-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)