पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 13, 2016 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 2.23 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।

न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः।।2.23।।
"2.23 Weapons cleave It not, fire burns It not, water drenches It not, and wind dries It not." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.19°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra306.50°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.83°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha271.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.40°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra232.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani228.10°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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)09:38 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:04 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 46 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 13 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 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 Kāla12:18 – 13:24
Yamaganda09:01 – 10:06
Gulika Kāla11:12 – 12:18
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:55 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:01 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:06 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:12 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:18 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:24 – 14:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:30 – 15:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:35 – 16:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:41 – 18:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:35 – 20:30 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:30 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:24 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:18 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:06 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:01 – 07:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868935.27
Julian Day2457400.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0770°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.83°
🪷 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 (24.0770°), declination -21.60°, 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: 2016-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)