पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · November 30, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.7 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।

मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।11.7।।
"11.7 Here in Me living as one, O Arjuna, behold the whole universe, movable and immovable, and anything else that thou wouldst see!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.7'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 Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya223.65°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra134.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha217.22°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati220.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra184.26°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani253.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:36 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:42 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 46 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 13 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:26 – 07:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:52 – 07:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:53 – 11:59
Yamaganda14:10 – 15:16
Gulika Kāla08:42 – 09:47
Varjyam07:58 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:36 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:42 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:47 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:53 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:59 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:05 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:10 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:16 – 16:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:22 – 18:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:16 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:10 – 22:05 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:05 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:59 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:53 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:47 – 05:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:42 – 07:36 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869987.27
Julian Day2458452.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1172°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.77°
🪷 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 (24.1172°), declination -21.60°, EoT 10.50 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: 2018-11-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)