पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 18, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya300.86°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra302.76°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala104.86°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha308.84°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati4.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra299.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani284.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:48 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:25 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:58 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:30 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 37 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 22 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:39 – 07:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:05 – 07:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:25 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:11 – 14:16
Yamaganda07:48 – 08:52
Gulika Kāla09:57 – 11:02
Varjyam08:09 – 08:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:48 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:52 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:57 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:02 – 12:07 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:07 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:11 – 14:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:16 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:21 – 16:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:25 – 18:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:21 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:16 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:11 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:07 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:02 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:57 – 05:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:52 – 07:48 (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 Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12845.73
Julian Day575619.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8941°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.91°
🪷 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 (-47.8941°), declination -22.35°, EoT 2.79 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: -3137-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)