पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 29, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.69 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी।

यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः।।2.69।।
"2.69 The saint is awake when the world sleeps, and he ignores that for which the world lives." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.69's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra69.57°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha271.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.61°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra289.44°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani250.28°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:40 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:04 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:58 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 24 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 35 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:25 – 07:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:53 – 07:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:51 – 10:01
Yamaganda11:12 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:33 – 14:44
Varjyam08:04 – 08:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Amṛta07:40 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:51 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:01 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:12 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:33 – 14:44 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:44 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:54 – 17:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:05 – 18:54 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:54 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:44 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:33 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:12 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:01 – 05:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:51 – 07:40 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869682.27
Julian Day2458147.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1055°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)146.75°
🪷 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 (24.1055°), declination -17.99°, EoT -13.17 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: 2018-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)