पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 11, 2021 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 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.88°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra238.46°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.50°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha279.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati280.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra248.57°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani278.64°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:36 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 43 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 16 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:12 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:01
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:01 – 10:06
Yamaganda11:12 – 12:17
Gulika Kāla13:23 – 14:28
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:55 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:01 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:06 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:12 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:17 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:23 – 14:28 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:28 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:34 – 16:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:39 – 18:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:34 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:28 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:23 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:17 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:12 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:06 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:01 – 07:55 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870760.27
Julian Day2459225.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1468°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.43°
🪷 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 (24.1468°), declination -21.79°, EoT -7.89 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: 2021-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)