पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 16, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra183.09°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala349.60°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha289.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.42°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra344.07°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani241.59°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:05 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:39 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:41 – 14:59
Yamaganda07:14 – 08:31
Gulika Kāla09:49 – 11:06
Varjyam07:40 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:14 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:31 – 09:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:49 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:06 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:24 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:41 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:59 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:16 – 17:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:34 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:16 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:59 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:41 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:24 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:06 – 03:49 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:49 – 05:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:31 – 07:14 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869335.27
Julian Day2457800.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0923°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.78°
🪷 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 (24.0923°), declination -12.32°, EoT -14.54 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: 2017-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)