पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 27, 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 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5'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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.62°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra226.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala311.44°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha255.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.99°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra297.73°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani236.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:13 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:50 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 26 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 33 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:17 – 15:21
Yamaganda10:04 – 11:07
Gulika Kāla12:11 – 13:14
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:57 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:01 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:04 – 11:07 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:07 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:11 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:14 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:17 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:21 – 16:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:24 – 18:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:21 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:17 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:14 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:11 – 02:07 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:07 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:04 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:01 – 07:57 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869284.27
Julian Day2457749.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0903°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.96°
🪷 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 (24.0903°), declination -23.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2016-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)