पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 8, 2020 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 11.45 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा

भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे।

तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं

प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.45।।

"11.45 I rejoice that I have seen what never man saw before; yet, O Lord! I am overwhelmed with fear. Please take again the Form I know. Be merciful, O Lord! thou Who are the Home of the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 11.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1427

Malayalam Era: 1196

Nanakshahi: 551

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	232.26°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	142.50°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	354.29°	Mīna	Revatī P3
बुध Budha	225.22°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	273.42°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	206.04°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शनि Śani	274.92°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:45 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:36 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:30 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	8 Hours 33 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	15 Hours 26 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:37 – 07:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:03 – 07:45
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:45 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:28 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla	16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:45 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:10 – 15:15
Yamaganda	09:54 – 10:58
Gulika Kāla	12:02 – 13:06
Varjyam	08:07 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta	09:45 – 10:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	07:45 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	08:50 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:54 – 10:58 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:58 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:02 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:06 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:10 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:15 – 16:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	16:19 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:15 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:10 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:06 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:02 – 01:58 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:58 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:54 – 05:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	05:50 – 07:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870726.27
Julian Day	2459191.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1455°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	273.05°

🪷 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 (24.1455°), declination -22.74°, EoT 7.30 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: 2020-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)