पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 4, 2019 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 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.80°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra281.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.58°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha294.13°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra245.69°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani261.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:33 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:23 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:16 – 06:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:45 – 07:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:46 – 09:58
Yamaganda11:11 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:36 – 14:49
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:33 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:46 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:58 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:11 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:36 – 14:49 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:49 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:01 – 17:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:14 – 19:01 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:01 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:49 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:36 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:11 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:58 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:46 – 07:33 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870053.27
Julian Day2458518.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1197°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)351.39°
🪷 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 (24.1197°), declination -16.36°, EoT -14.09 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: 2019-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)