पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 20, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.13°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra100.15°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.24°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha135.19°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.46°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra88.36°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani236.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:11 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:14 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:07 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:14 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:19 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:01 – 05:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta19:02 – 19:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:14 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla18:59 – 20:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:28 – 19:14
Yamaganda12:12 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla15:43 – 17:28
Varjyam05:46 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:11 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:57 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:42 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:27 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:12 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:58 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:43 – 17:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:28 – 19:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:14 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:28 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:43 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:58 – 00:12 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:12 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:27 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:42 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:57 – 05:11 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869520.27
Julian Day2457985.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0993°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.83°
🪷 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 (24.0993°), declination 12.43°, EoT -3.05 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: 2017-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)