पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 26, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: आमलकी एकादशी — Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Worship of Āmalakī (Indian gooseberry, sacred to Viṣṇu).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya313.28°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra79.04°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha320.25°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.72°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra324.52°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani252.85°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:52 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:40 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:18 – 09:40
Yamaganda11:01 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:44 – 15:06
Varjyam07:24 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Amṛta06:57 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:18 – 09:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:40 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:01 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:44 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:06 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:27 – 17:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:49 – 19:27 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:27 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:06 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:44 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:01 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:40 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:18 – 06:57 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869710.27
Julian Day2458175.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1066°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)128.04°
🪷 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 (24.1066°), declination -8.80°, EoT -13.55 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: 2018-02-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)