पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 29, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.8 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्या

द्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम्।

अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम्

राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्।।2.8।।
"2.8 For should I attain the monarchy of the visible world, or over the invisible world, it would not drive away the anguish which is now paralysing my senses."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.8'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 Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.90°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra116.62°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala182.60°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha272.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.27°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra214.17°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani226.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:25 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:57 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:17 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 27 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 32 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:16 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:25 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:19 – 15:22
Yamaganda10:05 – 11:08
Gulika Kāla12:12 – 13:15
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:58 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:01 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:05 – 11:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:08 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:12 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:15 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:19 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:22 – 16:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:25 – 18:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:22 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:19 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:15 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:12 – 02:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:08 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:05 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:01 – 07:58 (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 Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868920.27
Julian Day2457385.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0764°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)224.97°
🪷 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 (24.0764°), declination -23.25°, EoT -2.35 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: 2015-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)