पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 14, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: रथ यात्रा — Ratha-Yātrā (Jagannātha Puri)
Jagannātha's annual ratha-yātrā at Puri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.2 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।

यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।।
"7.2 I will reveal to this knowledge unto thee, and how it may be realised; which, once accomplished, there remains nothing else worth having in this life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.2'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 Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya87.47°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra100.61°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha113.62°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.13°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra130.02°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani250.44°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:25 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:04 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:34 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:40 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 38 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 21 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:20 – 03:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:07 – 04:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:54
Godhūli Muhūrta19:52 – 20:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:04 – 20:43
Amṛta Kāla19:49 – 21:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:20 – 10:17
Yamaganda14:12 – 16:09
Gulika Kāla04:25 – 06:23
Varjyam05:05 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:04 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:25 – 06:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:23 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:20 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:17 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:15 – 14:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:12 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:09 – 18:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla18:07 – 20:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha20:04 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta21:07 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:09 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:12 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:15 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:17 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:20 – 03:23 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:23 – 04:25 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869848.27
Julian Day2458313.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1119°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.00°
🪷 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 (24.1119°), declination 21.71°, EoT -5.48 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: 2018-07-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)