पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 8, 2012 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 1.6 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान्।

सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः।।1.6।।
"1.6 Yudhamanyu, Uttamouja, Soubhadra and the sons of Droupadi, famous men." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra68.06°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha245.43°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.48°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra298.26°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani184.41°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:35 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:18 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:13 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 37 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 22 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:48 – 07:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:14 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:23 – 16:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:35 – 16:57
Amṛta Kāla16:20 – 18:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:30 – 16:35
Yamaganda12:16 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:26 – 15:30
Varjyam08:19 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:57 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:02 – 10:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:07 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:26 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:30 – 16:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:35 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:30 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:26 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:07 – 06:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:02 – 07:57 (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 Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867469.27
Julian Day2455934.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0209°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)164.10°
🪷 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 (24.0209°), declination -22.34°, EoT -6.70 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: 2012-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)