पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 3, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.17 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः।

अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः।।4.17।।
"4.17 It is necessary to consider what is right action, what is wrong action, and what is inaction, for mysterious is the law of action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya318.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra51.20°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala256.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha306.64°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati265.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra3.32°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani274.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:39 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:25 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:10 – 16:34
Yamaganda09:34 – 10:58
Gulika Kāla12:22 – 13:46
Varjyam07:15 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:47 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:10 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:34 – 10:58 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:58 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:22 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:46 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:10 – 16:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:34 – 17:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:57 – 19:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:34 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:10 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:46 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:22 – 01:58 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:58 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:34 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:10 – 06:47 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870446.27
Julian Day2458911.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1348°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.82°
🪷 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 (24.1348°), declination -6.71°, EoT -12.65 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: 2020-03-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)