पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 13, 2015 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 10.34 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्।

कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा।।10.34।।
"10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy and Forgiveness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.45°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra174.37°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.17°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha287.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.84°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra287.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani217.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:41 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:30 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:33 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 46 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 13 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:44 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:29 – 16:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:41 – 17:03
Amṛta Kāla16:26 – 18:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:30 – 15:35
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:18 – 13:24
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:55 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:00 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:06 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:18 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:24 – 14:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:30 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:35 – 16:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:41 – 18:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:35 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:30 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:24 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:18 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:06 – 06:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:00 – 07:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868570.27
Julian Day2457035.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0630°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.05°
🪷 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 (24.0630°), declination -21.56°, EoT -8.64 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: 2015-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)