पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 12, 2017 CE

Also observed today

लक्ष्मी जयन्ती · Lakṣmī JayantīVaishnava
कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।

"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.5'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	327.56°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra	140.67°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	7.11°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
बुध Budha	331.96°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	176.85°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
शुक्र Śukra	347.69°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शनि Śani	243.00°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:29 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:10 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:20 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:22 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:22 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 40 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 19 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:56 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:31 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:56 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:17 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:10 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla	17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:56 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:43 – 18:10
Yamaganda	12:20 – 13:47
Gulika Kāla	15:15 – 16:43
Varjyam	06:59 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta	09:13 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:29 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:57 – 09:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:25 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:52 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:20 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:47 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:15 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:43 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:10 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:43 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:15 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:47 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:20 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:52 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:25 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:57 – 06:29 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869359.27
Julian Day	2457824.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0932°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.72°

🪷 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 (24.0932°), declination -3.31°, EoT -10.49 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: 2017-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)