पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 10, 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 11.19 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य

मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम्।

पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम्

स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम्।।11.19।।
"11.19 Without beginning, without middle and without end, infinite in power, Thine arms all-embracing, the sun and moon Thine eyes, Thy face beaming with the fire of sacrifice, flooding the whole universe with light." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.19'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra52.37°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala322.00°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha244.58°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.40°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra312.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani238.10°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:38 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:09 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:56 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 42 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 17 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:46 – 07:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:12 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:26 – 16:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:38 – 17:00
Amṛta Kāla16:23 – 18:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:27 – 15:33
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:17 – 13:22
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:56 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:01 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:06 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:17 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:22 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:27 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:33 – 16:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:38 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:33 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:27 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:22 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:17 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:06 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:01 – 07:56 (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)1869298.27
Julian Day2457763.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0908°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.70°
🪷 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 (24.0908°), declination -21.95°, EoT -7.50 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: 2017-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)