पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 6, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.26 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः।

गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः।।10.26।।
"10.26 Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I am Chitraratha, their Leader, and of sages I am Kapila." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya230.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra304.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.61°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha250.03°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.04°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra273.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani234.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:43 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:47 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:06 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 35 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 24 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:34 – 07:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:00 – 07:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:10 – 15:15
Yamaganda09:52 – 10:57
Gulika Kāla12:01 – 13:06
Varjyam08:05 – 08:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:43 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:48 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:52 – 10:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:57 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:01 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:06 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:10 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:15 – 16:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:19 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:15 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:10 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:06 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:01 – 01:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:57 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:52 – 05:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:48 – 07:43 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869263.27
Julian Day2457728.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0895°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)77.38°
🪷 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 (24.0895°), declination -22.52°, EoT 8.14 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: 2016-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)