पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 25, 2015 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 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।
"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra342.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.54°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha291.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.44°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra302.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani218.70°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:45 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:58 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:15 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:46 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:31 – 07:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:59 – 07:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta16:46 – 17:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:58 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:43 – 18:28
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:49 – 16:58
Yamaganda12:22 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla14:40 – 15:49
Varjyam08:08 – 08:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:45 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:54 – 10:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:03 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:12 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:31 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:40 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:49 – 16:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:58 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:49 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:40 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:31 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:12 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:03 – 05:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:54 – 07:45 (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 Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868582.27
Julian Day2457047.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0635°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)58.77°
🪷 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 (24.0635°), declination -19.08°, EoT -12.31 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: 2015-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)