पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · October 29, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय नवमी — Akṣaya Navamī (Āmlā Navamī)
Worship of Āmlā tree; equivalent merit to Akṣaya Tṛtīyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.24 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
संजय उवाच

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्।।1.24।।
"1.24 Sanjaya said: "Having listened to the request of Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna drew up His bright chariot exactly in the midst between the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.24'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya191.71°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra294.03°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.57°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha204.02°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati189.64°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra173.89°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani240.08°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:49 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:36 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:41 – 16:57
Yamaganda11:53 – 13:09
Gulika Kāla14:25 – 15:41
Varjyam07:14 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:48 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:05 – 09:21 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:21 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:37 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:53 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:09 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:25 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:41 – 16:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:57 – 18:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:41 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:25 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:09 – 23:53 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:53 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:37 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:21 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:05 – 06:48 (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 Navamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869590.27
Julian Day2458055.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1020°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)104.88°
🪷 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 (24.1020°), declination -13.46°, EoT 16.43 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: 2017-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)