पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 11, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.46 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः।

कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन।।6.46।।
"6.46 The wise man is superior to the ascetic and to the scholar and to the man of action; therefore be thou a wise man, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya84.61°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra55.26°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha110.81°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.11°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra126.69°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani250.65°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:06 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:22 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:12 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 43 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 16 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:17 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:04 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:55
Godhūli Muhūrta19:54 – 20:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:06 – 20:46
Amṛta Kāla19:51 – 21:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:14 – 14:12
Yamaganda06:21 – 08:19
Gulika Kāla10:16 – 12:14
Varjyam05:02 – 05:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:23 – 06:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:21 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:19 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:16 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:14 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:12 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:10 – 18:08 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha18:08 – 20:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg20:06 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala21:08 – 22:10 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:10 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:12 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:14 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:16 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:19 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:21 – 04:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869845.27
Julian Day2458310.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1118°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)331.73°
🪷 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 (24.1118°), declination 22.13°, EoT -5.11 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: 2018-07-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)