पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · October 24, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.19 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्।

नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्।।1.19।।
"1.19 The tumult rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and violently shook heaven and earth with its echo." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.72°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra234.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala156.42°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha196.28°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.55°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra167.65°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani239.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:50 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:18 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 05:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:49 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:29 – 15:48
Yamaganda09:17 – 10:35
Gulika Kāla11:53 – 13:11
Varjyam07:07 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:41 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:59 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:17 – 10:35 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:35 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:53 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:11 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:29 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:48 – 17:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:06 – 18:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:48 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:29 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:11 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:53 – 01:35 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:35 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:17 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:59 – 06:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pañcamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869585.27
Julian Day2458050.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1018°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)50.96°
🪷 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 (24.1018°), declination -11.76°, EoT 16.15 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: 2017-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)