पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 31, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.19 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।
"7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he sees God everywhere is very difficult to find." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.70°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra318.61°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha118.17°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.74°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra148.44°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani249.39°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:45 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:01 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:09 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 01 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 58 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:45 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:24
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:01 – 17:53
Yamaganda08:30 – 10:23
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 14:08
Varjyam05:22 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:45 – 06:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:37 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:30 – 10:23 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:23 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:08 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:01 – 17:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:53 – 19:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:46 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:53 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:01 – 23:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:08 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:23 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:23 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:30 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:37 – 04:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869865.27
Julian Day2458330.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1125°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)218.15°
🪷 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 (24.1125°), declination 18.31°, EoT -6.07 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: 2018-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)