पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 17, 2013 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 10.9 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।

कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च।।10.9।।
"10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, they ever feel content and happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra340.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha272.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.19°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra255.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.31°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:52 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:47 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:38 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:02 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 55 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 04 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:40 – 07:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:07 – 07:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta16:35 – 16:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:47 – 17:09
Amṛta Kāla16:32 – 18:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:26 – 14:33
Yamaganda07:52 – 08:59
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:12
Varjyam08:14 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:52 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:59 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:05 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:12 – 12:19 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:19 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:26 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:33 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:40 – 16:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:47 – 18:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:40 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:33 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:26 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:19 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:12 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:05 – 05:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:59 – 07:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867844.27
Julian Day2456309.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)66.12°
🪷 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 (24.0352°), declination -20.74°, EoT -10.03 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: 2013-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)