पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · June 18, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.23 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम्।

स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा।।6.23।।
"6.23 This inner severance from the affliction of misery is spirituality. It should be practised with determination and with a heart which refuses to be depressed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya62.68°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra121.36°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha76.25°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.86°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra100.45°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani252.32°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:11 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:09 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:02 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:07 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 58 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 01 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:03 – 03:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:51 – 04:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:54
Godhūli Muhūrta19:57 – 20:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:09 – 20:49
Amṛta Kāla19:54 – 21:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:11 – 08:10
Yamaganda10:10 – 12:10
Gulika Kāla14:10 – 16:10
Varjyam04:51 – 05:16
Dur Muhūrta 07:55 – 08:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:11 – 06:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:11 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:10 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:10 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:10 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:10 – 16:10 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:10 – 18:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta18:10 – 20:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala20:09 – 21:10 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha21:10 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:10 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:10 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:10 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:10 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:10 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:11 – 04:11 (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 Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869822.27
Julian Day2458287.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1109°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)55.70°
🪷 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 (24.1109°), declination 23.40°, EoT -0.82 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: 2018-06-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)