पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 18, 2021 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 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra332.76°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala10.92°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha290.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra257.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani279.47°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:51 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:49 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:17 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:13 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 57 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 02 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:39 – 07:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:06 – 07:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:49 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:58 – 10:05
Yamaganda11:12 – 12:20
Gulika Kāla13:27 – 14:34
Varjyam08:13 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:51 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:58 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:05 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:12 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:20 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:27 – 14:34 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:34 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:41 – 16:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:49 – 18:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:41 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:34 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:27 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:20 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:12 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:05 – 05:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:58 – 07:51 (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)1870767.27
Julian Day2459232.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1470°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.47°
🪷 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 (24.1470°), declination -20.53°, EoT -10.35 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: 2021-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)