पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 1, 2017 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 11.10 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्।

अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम्।।11.10।।
"11.10 There were countless eyes and mouths, and mystic forms innumerable, with shining ornaments and flaming celestial weapons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra288.30°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.21°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha248.83°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.55°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra303.20°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani237.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:28 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:34 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:05 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 30 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 29 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:16 – 16:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:28 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:13 – 17:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:24 – 16:28
Yamaganda12:13 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:21 – 15:24
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:58 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:02 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:05 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:09 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:13 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:21 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:24 – 16:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:28 – 18:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:24 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:21 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 00:13 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:13 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:09 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:05 – 06:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:02 – 07:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869289.27
Julian Day2457754.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0905°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)32.84°
🪷 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 (24.0905°), declination -23.00°, EoT -3.71 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: 2017-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)