पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 6, 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 11.15 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे

सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्।

ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ

मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान्।।11.15।।
"11.15 Arjuna said: O almighty God! I see in Thee the powers of Nature, the various creatures of the world, the Progenitor on his lotus throne, the Sages and the shining angels." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.15'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 Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra354.57°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala318.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha244.83°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.05°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra308.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani237.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:33 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:50 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:02 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 36 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 23 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:48 – 07:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:14 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta16:21 – 16:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:33 – 16:55
Amṛta Kāla16:18 – 18:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:11 – 12:15
Yamaganda14:24 – 15:29
Gulika Kāla09:02 – 10:06
Varjyam08:19 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:57 – 09:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:02 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:06 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:11 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:15 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:20 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:24 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:29 – 16:33 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:33 – 18:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:29 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:24 – 22:20 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:20 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:15 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:11 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:06 – 06:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:02 – 07:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869294.27
Julian Day2457759.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0907°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.39°
🪷 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 (24.0907°), declination -22.49°, EoT -5.88 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: 2017-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)