पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 15, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra350.10°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.68°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha286.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati252.92°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra234.51°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani133.79°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:54 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:44 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:10 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:06 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 49 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 10 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:43 – 07:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:10 – 07:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:32 – 16:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:44 – 17:06
Amṛta Kāla16:29 – 18:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:31 – 15:37
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:19 – 13:25
Varjyam08:16 – 08:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:54 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:00 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:06 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:19 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:25 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:31 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:37 – 16:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:44 – 18:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:37 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:31 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:25 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:19 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:06 – 06:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:00 – 07:54 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866015.27
Julian Day2454480.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9653°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)81.45°
🪷 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 (23.9653°), declination -21.26°, EoT -9.35 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: 2008-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)