पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 3, 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 10.26 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः।

गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः।।10.26।।
"10.26 Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I am Chitraratha, their Leader, and of sages I am Kapila." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra193.36°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.58°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha301.29°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.90°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra276.96°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani197.01°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:34 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:55 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:56 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:16 – 06:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:45 – 07:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:00 – 17:13
Yamaganda12:23 – 13:36
Gulika Kāla14:48 – 16:00
Varjyam07:58 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:34 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:46 – 09:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:59 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:36 – 14:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:48 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:00 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:13 – 19:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:00 – 20:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:48 – 22:36 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:36 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:59 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:46 – 07:34 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867861.27
Julian Day2456326.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0359°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)264.82°
🪷 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 (24.0359°), declination -16.52°, EoT -13.97 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: 2013-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)