पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 5, 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 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra171.35°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha282.95°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.33°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra298.23°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani250.99°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:44 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:57 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 44 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 15 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:13 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:44 – 09:57
Yamaganda11:10 – 12:24
Gulika Kāla13:37 – 14:50
Varjyam07:56 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:31 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:44 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:57 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:10 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:24 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:37 – 14:50 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:50 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:03 – 17:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:16 – 19:03 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:03 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:50 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:37 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:24 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:10 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:57 – 05:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:44 – 07:31 (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)1869689.27
Julian Day2458154.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1058°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)237.62°
🪷 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 (24.1058°), declination -15.99°, EoT -14.20 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: 2018-02-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)