पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 8, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.80°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra119.86°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha304.07°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.68°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra8.80°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani274.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:40 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:50 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:39 – 18:05
Yamaganda12:21 – 13:47
Gulika Kāla15:13 – 16:39
Varjyam07:06 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:37 – 08:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:03 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:29 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:55 – 12:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:21 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:47 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:13 – 16:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:39 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:05 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:39 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:13 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:47 – 00:21 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:21 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:55 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:29 – 05:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:03 – 06:37 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870451.27
Julian Day2458916.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1349°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.59°
🪷 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 (24.1349°), declination -4.77°, EoT -11.53 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: 2020-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)