पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · November 18, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.8 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ahaṁ Sarvasya Prabhavo · the source of all
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।

इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।10.8।।
"10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya212.04°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra80.51°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha223.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.90°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra252.67°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani231.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:16 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:02 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:54
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:46 – 11:55
Yamaganda14:13 – 15:22
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 09:37
Varjyam07:43 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:20 – 08:28 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:28 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:37 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:46 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:04 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:13 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:22 – 16:31 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:31 – 18:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:22 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:13 – 22:04 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:04 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:46 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:37 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:28 – 07:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869245.27
Julian Day2457710.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0888°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)226.00°
🪷 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 (24.0888°), declination -19.28°, EoT 14.21 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: 2016-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)