पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · September 30, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.24 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
संजय उवाच

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्।।1.24।।
"1.24 Sanjaya said: "Having listened to the request of Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna drew up His bright chariot exactly in the midst between the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.47°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra180.37°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala152.92°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha180.74°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra174.85°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani259.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:49 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:31 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:33 – 09:02
Yamaganda10:30 – 11:58
Gulika Kāla13:27 – 14:55
Varjyam06:34 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:05 – 07:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:33 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:02 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:30 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:58 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:27 – 14:55 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:55 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:24 – 17:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:52 – 19:24 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:24 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:55 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:27 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:58 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:30 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:02 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:33 – 06:05 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870291.27
Julian Day2458756.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1288°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)17.55°
🪷 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 (24.1288°), declination -2.62°, EoT 10.84 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: 2019-09-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)