पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 2, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.15 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः।।12.15।।
"12.15 He who does not harm the world, and whom the world cannot harm, who is not carried away by any impulse of joy, anger or fear, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla 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)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya317.55°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra1.88°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.86°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha312.97°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.70°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.80°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.51°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:31 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:08 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 06 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 53 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:09
Yamaganda06:49 – 08:12
Gulika Kāla09:36 – 10:59
Varjyam07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:49 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:12 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:36 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:59 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:09 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:32 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:55 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:32 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:09 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:59 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:36 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:12 – 06:49 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869349.27
Julian Day2457814.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0928°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.97°
🪷 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 (24.0928°), declination -7.19°, EoT -12.85 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: 2017-03-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)