पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 29, 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 11.7 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।

मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।11.7।।
"11.7 Here in Me living as one, O Arjuna, behold the whole universe, movable and immovable, and anything else that thou wouldst see!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.7'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 Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra250.99°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala312.95°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha252.78°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.22°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra299.93°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani236.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:50 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:12 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 27 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 32 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:15 – 14:19
Yamaganda07:58 – 09:01
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:08
Varjyam08:19 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:58 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:01 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:05 – 11:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:08 – 12:12 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:12 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:15 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:19 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:22 – 16:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:26 – 18:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:22 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:19 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:15 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:12 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:08 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:05 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:01 – 07:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Mūla alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869286.27
Julian Day2457751.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0904°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)357.07°
🪷 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 (24.0904°), declination -23.21°, 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: 2016-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)