पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 30, 2020 CE

Also observed today

लोहड़ी · LohriRegional
धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।

"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.12'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	254.65°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	73.48°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	2.10°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	260.15°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	278.19°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	233.53°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani	277.26°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:26 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	08:04 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	8 Hours 28 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	15 Hours 31 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:15 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:55 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:37 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:26 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla	16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:55 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:12 – 13:16
Yamaganda	09:01 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla	11:09 – 12:12
Varjyam	08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta	09:56 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
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 Labha	07:58 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	09:01 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	10:05 – 11:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	11:09 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:12 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:16 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:19 – 15:23 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:23 – 16:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	16:26 – 18:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:23 – 20:19 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:19 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:16 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:12 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	02:09 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	04:05 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	06:01 – 07:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:

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

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870748.27
Julian Day	2459213.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1463°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	178.45°

🪷 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 (24.1463°), declination -23.14°, EoT -2.80 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: 2020-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)