पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 27, 2020 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।

"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.9'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	251.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
चन्द्र Candra	36.60°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	0.85°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	255.30°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	277.52°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	229.78°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani	276.92°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:24 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:11 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	14:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:30 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	8 Hours 26 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	15 Hours 33 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:15 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:54 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:35 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:24 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla	16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:54 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:21 – 16:24
Yamaganda	12:11 – 13:14
Gulika Kāla	14:17 – 15:21
Varjyam	08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta	09:56 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	07:57 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	09:01 – 10:04 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	10:04 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	11:07 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:11 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:14 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:17 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:21 – 16:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	16:24 – 18:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:21 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:17 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:14 – 00:11 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:11 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	02:07 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	04:04 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	06:01 – 07:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870745.27
Julian Day	2459210.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1462°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	143.70°

🪷 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 (24.1462°), declination -23.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2020-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)