पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 19, 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 10.39 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन।

न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्।।10.39।।
"10.39 I am the Seed of all being, O Arjuna! No creature moving or unmoving can live without Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.47°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra129.84°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.40°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha260.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.97°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra288.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani235.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:54 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:44 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:21 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:47 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:12 – 07:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:57 – 10:01
Yamaganda11:04 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:10 – 14:13
Varjyam08:15 – 08:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:54 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:57 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:01 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:04 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:10 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:13 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:17 – 16:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:20 – 18:17 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:17 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:13 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:10 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:04 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:01 – 05:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:57 – 07:54 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869276.27
Julian Day2457741.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0900°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.46°
🪷 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 (24.0900°), declination -23.41°, EoT 2.32 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: 2016-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)