पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · February 6, 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 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.56°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra69.19°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala238.46°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha309.44°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati260.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra333.48°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani271.44°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:33 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:28 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 46 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 13 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:12 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:42 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:41
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:37 – 14:50
Yamaganda07:31 – 08:44
Gulika Kāla09:57 – 11:10
Varjyam07:55 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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 Śubha07:31 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:44 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:57 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:10 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:24 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:37 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:50 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:03 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:17 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:03 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:50 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:37 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:24 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:10 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:57 – 05:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:44 – 07:31 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870420.27
Julian Day2458885.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1338°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)137.46°
🪷 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 (24.1338°), declination -15.83°, EoT -14.30 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: 2020-02-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)