पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · November 27, 2016 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.17 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।
"10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various manifestations through which I am to mediate on Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.17'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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya221.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra194.32°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha237.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.53°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra263.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani232.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:12 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:09 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 50 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 09 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:22 – 06:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:48 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:17 – 16:23
Yamaganda11:58 – 13:04
Gulika Kāla14:10 – 15:17
Varjyam07:54 – 08:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:32 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:39 – 09:45 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:45 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:51 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:58 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:04 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:10 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:17 – 16:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:23 – 18:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:17 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:10 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:04 – 23:58 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:58 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:51 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:45 – 05:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:39 – 07:32 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869254.27
Julian Day2457719.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0892°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.19°
🪷 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 (24.0892°), declination -21.17°, EoT 11.57 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: 2016-11-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)