पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 19, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.15°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra115.04°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala81.13°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha55.82°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati306.36°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra47.81°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani289.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:27 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:17 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:42 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 17 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 42 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:25 – 03:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:11 – 04:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:06 – 14:00
Yamaganda06:22 – 08:16
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 12:06
Varjyam05:05 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:27 – 06:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:22 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:16 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:06 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:00 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:55 – 17:50 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:50 – 19:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:44 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:50 – 21:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:55 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:00 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:06 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:16 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:22 – 04:27 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870888.27
Julian Day2459353.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1517°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.82°
🪷 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 (24.1517°), declination 19.78°, EoT 3.65 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: 2021-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)