पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · June 28, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya72.68°MithunaĀrdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra158.72°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala335.53°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha77.11°MithunaĀrdrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati270.23°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra40.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani276.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:14 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:11 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:58 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:55 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 57 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 03 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:06 – 03:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:54 – 04:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:56
Godhūli Muhūrta19:59 – 20:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:11 – 20:51
Amṛta Kāla19:56 – 21:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla18:11 – 20:11
Yamaganda12:12 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla16:11 – 18:11
Varjyam04:54 – 05:19
Dur Muhūrta 07:57 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:14 – 06:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:13 – 08:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:13 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:13 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:12 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:12 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:11 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg18:11 – 20:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha20:11 – 21:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga21:11 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:11 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:12 – 00:12 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:12 – 01:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:13 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:13 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:13 – 04:14 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870563.27
Julian Day2459028.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1392°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.62°
🪷 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 (24.1392°), declination 23.26°, EoT -2.89 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: 2020-06-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)