पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 26, 2020 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 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.40°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra294.18°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala230.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha291.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra320.39°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani270.17°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:44 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:07 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 15 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 44 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:30 – 07:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:58 – 07:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:50 – 16:59
Yamaganda12:22 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla14:41 – 15:50
Varjyam08:07 – 08:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:44 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:54 – 10:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:03 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:12 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:31 – 14:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:41 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:50 – 16:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:59 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:50 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:41 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:31 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:12 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:03 – 05:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:54 – 07:44 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870409.27
Julian Day2458874.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1333°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.24°
🪷 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 (24.1333°), declination -18.89°, EoT -12.54 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: 2020-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)