पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · November 9, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: उत्पन्ना एकादशी — Utpannā Ekādaśī
Birth-day of Ekādaśī Devī herself; first Ekādaśī observed historically.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya202.18°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra152.31°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.68°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha213.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.54°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra156.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani306.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:42 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:24 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:44 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:30 – 16:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:42 – 17:06
Amṛta Kāla16:27 – 18:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:06 – 14:18
Yamaganda07:05 – 08:17
Gulika Kāla09:29 – 10:41
Varjyam07:29 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:05 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:17 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:29 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:41 – 11:53 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:53 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:06 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:18 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:30 – 16:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:42 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:30 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:18 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:06 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:53 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:41 – 03:29 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:29 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:17 – 07:05 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871792.27
Julian Day2460257.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1862°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.17°
🪷 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 (24.1862°), declination -16.73°, EoT 15.87 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: 2023-11-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)