पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 3, 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 2.15 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।

समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते।।2.15।।
"2.15 The hero whose soul is unmoved by circumstance, who accepts pleasure and pain with equanimity, only he is fit for immortality." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.15'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 Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra333.60°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.41°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha307.81°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.32°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.36°TulāViśākhā P3

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)09:18 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:17 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:17 – 06:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:46 – 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 Kāla08:46 – 09:59
Yamaganda11:11 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:36 – 14:48
Varjyam07:58 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:34 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:46 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:59 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:11 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:36 – 14:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:48 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:00 – 17:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:13 – 19:00 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:00 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:48 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:36 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:11 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:59 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:46 – 07:34 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868226.27
Julian Day2456691.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0498°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.50°
🪷 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 -16.59°, 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: 2014-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)