पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 16, 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 9.11 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।

परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्।।9.11।।
"9.11 Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They know not that in My higher nature I am the Lord-God of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.11'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 Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.45°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra277.90°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala268.04°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha222.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra215.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani193.85°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:52 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:04 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:07 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 26 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 33 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:10 – 07:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:16 – 16:19
Yamaganda12:06 – 13:09
Gulika Kāla14:12 – 15:16
Varjyam08:13 – 08:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:52 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:56 – 09:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:59 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:02 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:06 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:09 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:12 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:16 – 16:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:19 – 18:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:16 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:12 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:09 – 00:06 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:06 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:02 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:59 – 05:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:56 – 07:52 (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 Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867812.27
Julian Day2456277.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0340°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)35.83°
🪷 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 (24.0340°), declination -23.32°, EoT 3.72 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: 2012-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)