पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 17, 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 9.12 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।

राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः।।9.12।।
"9.12 Their hopes are vain, their actions worthless, their knowledge futile; they are without sense, deceitful, barbarous and godless." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.12'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 Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.47°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra292.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala268.82°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha223.93°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.01°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra216.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani193.95°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:53 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:38 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:20 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 26 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 33 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:53
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 Kāla08:56 – 10:00
Yamaganda11:03 – 12:06
Gulika Kāla13:09 – 14:13
Varjyam08:14 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:53 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:56 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:00 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:03 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:06 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:09 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:13 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:16 – 16:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:19 – 18:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:16 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:13 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:09 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:06 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:03 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:00 – 05:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:56 – 07:53 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867813.27
Julian Day2456278.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0340°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)48.64°
🪷 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 -23.36°, EoT 3.25 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: 2012-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)