पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · October 26, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.21 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।
"1.21 Raising his bow, spoke this to the Lord Shri Krishna: O Infallible! Lord of the earth! Please draw up my chariot betwixt the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.21'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya188.71°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra258.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.68°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha199.40°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.98°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra170.14°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani239.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:17 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:45 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:10 – 14:28
Yamaganda06:44 – 08:01
Gulika Kāla09:18 – 10:36
Varjyam07:10 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:44 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:01 – 09:18 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:18 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:36 – 11:53 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:53 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:10 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:28 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:45 – 17:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:02 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:45 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:28 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:10 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:53 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:36 – 03:18 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:18 – 05:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:01 – 06:44 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869587.27
Julian Day2458052.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1019°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)72.66°
🪷 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 (24.1019°), declination -12.45°, EoT 16.30 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: 2017-10-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)