पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 15, 2012 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 1.13 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।

सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
"1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra162.74°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha255.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.88°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra306.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani184.74°TulāCitrā P4

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)23:17 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:00 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 49 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 10 Mins 08 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 Kāla15:37 – 16:44
Yamaganda12:19 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla14:31 – 15:37
Varjyam08:16 – 08:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:54 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:00 – 10:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:06 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:12 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:19 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:25 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:31 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:37 – 16:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:44 – 18:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:37 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:31 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:25 – 00:19 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:19 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:06 – 06:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:00 – 07:54 (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)1867476.27
Julian Day2455941.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0212°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)252.40°
🪷 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 (24.0212°), 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: 2012-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)