पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 30, 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 9.25 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।

भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्।।9.25।।
"9.25 The votaries of the lesser Powers go to them; the devotees of spirits go to them; they who worship the Powers of Darkness, to such Powers shall they go; and so, too, those who worship Me shall come to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra92.52°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha243.39°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.53°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra233.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani195.09°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:41 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:06 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 28 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 31 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:23 – 16:26
Yamaganda12:12 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 15:23
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:58 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:01 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:05 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:09 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:12 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:19 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:23 – 16:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:26 – 18:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:23 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:19 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 00:12 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:12 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:09 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:05 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:01 – 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 Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867826.27
Julian Day2456291.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0345°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)199.42°
🪷 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 (24.0345°), declination -23.15°, EoT -2.80 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: 2012-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)