पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · June 25, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: रथ यात्रा — Ratha-Yātrā (Jagannātha Puri)
Jagannātha's annual ratha-yātrā at Puri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.4 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः।।17.4।।
"17.4 The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignorant, the spirits of the dead and of the lower orders of nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya69.60°MithunaĀrdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra82.79°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala79.11°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha73.57°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.09°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra24.86°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani239.55°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:12 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:11 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:13 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:56 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 58 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 01 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:05 – 03:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:52 – 04:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:55
Godhūli Muhūrta19:59 – 20:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:11 – 20:51
Amṛta Kāla19:56 – 21:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla18:11 – 20:11
Yamaganda12:12 – 14:11
Gulika Kāla16:11 – 18:11
Varjyam04:52 – 05:18
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:12 – 06:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:12 – 08:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:12 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:12 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:12 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:11 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:11 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg18:11 – 20:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha20:11 – 21:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga21:11 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:11 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:11 – 00:12 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:12 – 01:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:12 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:12 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:12 – 04:12 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869464.27
Julian Day2457929.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0972°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.85°
🪷 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 (24.0972°), declination 23.38°, EoT -2.28 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: 2017-06-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)