पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 22, 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 1.19 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्।

नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्।।1.19।।
"1.19 The tumult rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and violently shook heaven and earth with its echo." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.19'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 Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.29°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra116.85°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.79°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha242.00°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.73°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra274.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani205.09°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:21 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:40 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:48 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:14 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:42
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:18 – 16:21
Yamaganda12:08 – 13:12
Gulika Kāla14:15 – 15:18
Varjyam08:17 – 08:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:56 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:59 – 10:02 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:02 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:05 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:08 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:12 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:15 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:18 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:21 – 18:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:18 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:15 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:12 – 00:08 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:08 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:05 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:02 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:59 – 07:56 (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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868183.27
Julian Day2456648.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0482°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)234.37°
🪷 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 (24.0482°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2013-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)