पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 7, 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 13.1 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च।

एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव।।13.1।।
"13.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Who is God and what is Nature; what is Matter and what is the Self; what is that they call Wisdom, and what is it that is worth knowing? I wish to have this explained." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla 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)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya293.84°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra317.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.61°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha299.47°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.63°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra249.13°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani261.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:29 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:26 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:28 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:10 – 06:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:40 – 07:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:37 – 14:51
Yamaganda07:29 – 08:43
Gulika Kāla09:56 – 11:10
Varjyam07:53 – 08:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
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 Śubha07:29 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:43 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:56 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:10 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:24 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:37 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:51 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:05 – 17:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:19 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:05 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:51 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:37 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:24 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:10 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:56 – 05:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:43 – 07:29 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870056.27
Julian Day2458521.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1198°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)26.07°
🪷 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 (24.1198°), declination -15.45°, EoT -14.38 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: 2019-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)