पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 11, 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 11.20 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि

व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः।

दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं

लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्।।11.20।।
"11.20 Alone thou fillest all the quarters of the sky, earth and heaven, and the regions between. O Almighty Lord! Seeing Thy marvellous and awe-inspiring Form, the spheres tremble with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.20'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.91°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra67.16°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala322.75°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha244.87°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.48°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra313.78°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani238.21°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:01 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:56 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 43 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 16 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:12 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:01
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:17 – 13:23
Yamaganda09:01 – 10:06
Gulika Kāla11:12 – 12:17
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:55 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:01 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:06 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:12 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:17 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:23 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:28 – 15:34 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:34 – 16:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:39 – 18:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:34 – 20:28 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:28 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:23 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:17 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:06 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:01 – 07:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869299.27
Julian Day2457764.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0909°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.15°
🪷 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 (24.0909°), declination -21.80°, EoT -7.89 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: 2017-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)