पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 24, 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 2.33 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अथ चैत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि।

ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि।।2.33।।
"2.33 Refuse to fight in this righteous cause, and thou wilt be a traitor, lost to fame, incurring only sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.33'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.30°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra311.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.79°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha228.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.20°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra244.17°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani246.20°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:00 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:42 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:49 – 07:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:14 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:19 – 16:22
Yamaganda12:09 – 13:13
Gulika Kāla14:16 – 15:19
Varjyam08:18 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:57 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:00 – 10:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:03 – 11:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:06 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:13 – 14:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:16 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:19 – 16:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:22 – 18:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:19 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:16 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:13 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:06 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:03 – 06:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:00 – 07:57 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869646.27
Julian Day2458111.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1042°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)66.97°
🪷 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 (24.1042°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2017-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)