पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 2, 2014 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 2.14 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।

आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत।।2.14।।
"2.14 Those external relations which bring cold and heat, pain and happiness, they come and go; they are not permanent. Endure them bravely, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.05°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra319.08°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.14°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha307.08°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.42°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.31°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:35 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:49 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:58 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 35 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:19 – 06:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:47 – 07:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:59 – 17:11
Yamaganda12:23 – 13:35
Gulika Kāla14:47 – 15:59
Varjyam07:59 – 08:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:35 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:47 – 09:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:59 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:35 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:47 – 15:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:59 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:11 – 18:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:59 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:47 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:35 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:59 – 05:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:47 – 07:35 (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)1868225.27
Julian Day2456690.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0498°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)28.57°
🪷 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 (24.0498°), declination -16.88°, EoT -13.84 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: 2014-02-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)