पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 9, 2022 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 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra346.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.39°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha283.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati307.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra264.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani288.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:22 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:05 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 40 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 19 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:47 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:32 – 16:37
Yamaganda12:16 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:27 – 15:32
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
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 · 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 Udveg07:56 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:01 – 10:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:06 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:27 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:32 – 16:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:37 – 18:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:32 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:27 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:06 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:01 – 07:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871123.27
Julian Day2459588.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1606°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)79.22°
🪷 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 (24.1606°), declination -22.13°, EoT -7.10 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: 2022-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)