पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 7, 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 11.16 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं

पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्।

नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं

पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप।।11.16।।
"11.16 I see Thee, infinite in form, with, as it were, faces, eyes and limbs everywhere; no beginning, no middle, no end; O Thou Lord of the Universe, Whose Form is universal!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.16'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra8.65°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala319.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha244.53°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.14°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra309.61°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani237.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:34 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:18 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 37 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 22 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:48 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:14 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta16:22 – 16:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:34 – 16:56
Amṛta Kāla16:19 – 18:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:06 – 11:11
Yamaganda13:20 – 14:25
Gulika Kāla07:57 – 09:02
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:57 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:02 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:06 – 11:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:11 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:16 – 13:20 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:20 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:25 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:30 – 16:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:34 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:30 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:25 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:20 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:16 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:11 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:06 – 06:02 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:02 – 07:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869295.27
Julian Day2457760.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0907°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.49°
🪷 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 -22.37°, EoT -6.29 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: 2017-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)