पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · November 28, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya221.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra105.70°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala313.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha219.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati220.17°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra183.38°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani253.28°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:33 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:48 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:41 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 49 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 10 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:23 – 06:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:49 – 07:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:58 – 13:04
Yamaganda08:39 – 09:46
Gulika Kāla10:52 – 11:58
Varjyam07:55 – 08:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Labha07:33 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:39 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:46 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:52 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:58 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:04 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:11 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:17 – 16:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:23 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:17 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:11 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:04 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:58 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:52 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:46 – 05:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:39 – 07:33 (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)1869985.27
Julian Day2458450.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1171°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)241.91°
🪷 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 (24.1171°), declination -21.26°, EoT 11.22 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: 2018-11-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)