पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 18, 2013 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 1.15 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः।

पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।
"1.15 Lord Shri Krishna blew his Panchajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta, brave Bheema his renowned shell, Poundra." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.22°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra69.27°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala160.86°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha235.72°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.21°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra274.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani204.69°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:54 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:37 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:32 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:46 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:07 – 13:10
Yamaganda08:57 – 10:00
Gulika Kāla11:03 – 12:07
Varjyam08:15 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:54 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:57 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:00 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:03 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:07 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:10 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:13 – 15:16 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:16 – 16:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:20 – 18:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:16 – 20:13 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:13 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:10 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:07 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:03 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:00 – 05:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:57 – 07:54 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868179.27
Julian Day2456644.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0480°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.02°
🪷 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 (24.0480°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2013-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)