पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · September 29, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.17 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।
"10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various manifestations through which I am to mediate on Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.22°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra310.70°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.02°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha187.57°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra121.15°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani271.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:32 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:13 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:56 – 16:24
Yamaganda09:02 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla11:59 – 13:27
Varjyam06:34 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:05 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:33 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:02 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:59 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:27 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:56 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:24 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:53 – 19:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:24 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:56 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:27 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:59 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:02 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:33 – 06:05 (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 Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870656.27
Julian Day2459121.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1428°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.73°
🪷 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 (24.1428°), declination -2.53°, EoT 10.52 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: 2020-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)