पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 9, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.2 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।।1.2।।
"1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, approached his preceptor Guru Drona and spoke as follows:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya112.54°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra118.15°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala131.93°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha120.10°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra147.07°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani285.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:32 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:29 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:44 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 35 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 24 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:20 – 19:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:32 – 20:09
Amṛta Kāla19:17 – 21:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:46 – 08:36
Yamaganda10:25 – 12:15
Gulika Kāla14:04 – 15:53
Varjyam05:33 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Amṛta04:57 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:46 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:36 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:25 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:15 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:04 – 15:53 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:53 – 17:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:43 – 19:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:32 – 20:43 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:43 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:53 – 23:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:04 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:15 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:25 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:36 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:46 – 04:57 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870970.27
Julian Day2459435.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1548°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.21°
🪷 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 (24.1548°), declination 15.83°, EoT -5.21 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: 2021-08-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)