पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 17, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.41°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra272.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala357.08°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha239.37°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati275.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra217.27°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani275.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:53 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:46 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:37 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 26 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 33 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:09 – 14:13
Yamaganda07:53 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla10:00 – 11:03
Varjyam08:14 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:53 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:56 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:00 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:06 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:06 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:09 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:13 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:16 – 16:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:19 – 18:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:16 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:13 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:09 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:06 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 04:00 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:00 – 05:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:56 – 07:53 (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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870735.27
Julian Day2459200.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1458°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)31.61°
🪷 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 (24.1458°), declination -23.36°, EoT 3.25 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: 2020-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)