पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 27, 2021 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.20 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।

"13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of character and quality have their origin in Nature only." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.20'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	283.17°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra	81.78°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	15.52°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
बुध Budha	300.92°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	284.73°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra	268.64°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani	280.54°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:42 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:02 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	15:04 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:49 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 19 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 40 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:28 – 07:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:56 – 07:42
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:03 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:55 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:02 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla	16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:03 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:22 – 13:32
Yamaganda	08:52 – 10:02
Gulika Kāla	11:12 – 12:22
Varjyam	08:06 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta	09:53 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	07:42 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:52 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	10:02 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	11:12 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:22 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:32 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:42 – 15:52 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:52 – 17:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:02 – 18:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:52 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:42 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:32 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:22 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	02:12 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	04:02 – 05:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:52 – 07:42 (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 Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870776.27
Julian Day	2459241.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1474°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	157.77°

🪷 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 (24.1474°), declination -18.44°, EoT -12.76 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: 2021-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)