पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 9, 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 2.21 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।
"2.21 He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should he kill or cause to be killed?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.21'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya296.15°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra51.16°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.85°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha308.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.78°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra260.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani208.61°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:26 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:57 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:36 – 07:26
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:22
Yamaganda12:24 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla14:53 – 16:08
Varjyam07:50 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:45 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:26 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:40 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:55 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:09 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:24 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:38 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:53 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:08 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:22 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:08 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:53 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:38 – 00:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:24 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:09 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:55 – 05:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:40 – 07:26 (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 Śukla Daśamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868232.27
Julian Day2456697.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0501°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.46°
🪷 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 (24.0501°), declination -14.75°, EoT -14.50 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: 2014-02-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)