पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 11, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.7 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।

कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
"3.7 But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginning to practise Karma-Yoga, the Path of Right Action, keeping himself always unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra324.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala213.89°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha241.31°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.67°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra270.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani285.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:48 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:18 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:46 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 30 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 29 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:40 – 07:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:06 – 07:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:56 – 11:00
Yamaganda13:07 – 14:11
Gulika Kāla07:48 – 08:52
Varjyam08:09 – 08:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:48 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:52 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:56 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:00 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:03 – 13:07 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:07 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:11 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:15 – 16:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:19 – 18:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:15 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:11 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:07 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:03 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:00 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:56 – 05:52 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:52 – 07:48 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871094.27
Julian Day2459559.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1595°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.52°
🪷 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 (24.1595°), declination -23.00°, EoT 5.99 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: 2021-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)