पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 2, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra229.22°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala265.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha235.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati332.74°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra210.35°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani172.45°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:29 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:04 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:38 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 30 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 29 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:17 – 16:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:29 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:14 – 17:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:25 – 16:29
Yamaganda12:13 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:21 – 15:25
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:58 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:02 – 10:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:06 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:10 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:13 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:21 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:25 – 16:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:29 – 18:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:25 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:21 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 00:13 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:13 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:10 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:06 – 06:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:02 – 07:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867098.27
Julian Day2455563.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0067°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.68°
🪷 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 (24.0067°), declination -22.96°, EoT -4.15 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: 2011-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)