पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 16, 2022 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 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra70.19°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha285.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati309.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra260.08°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani289.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:53 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:46 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:56 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:50 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 53 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 06 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:41 – 07:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:08 – 07:53
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:34 – 16:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:46 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:31 – 18:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:39 – 16:46
Yamaganda12:19 – 13:26
Gulika Kāla14:32 – 15:39
Varjyam08:15 – 08:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · 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 Udveg07:53 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:59 – 10:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:06 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:12 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:19 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:26 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:32 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:39 – 16:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:46 – 18:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:39 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:32 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:26 – 00:19 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:19 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:06 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:59 – 07:53 (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)1871130.27
Julian Day2459595.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1609°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.69°
🪷 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 (24.1609°), declination -20.97°, EoT -9.69 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: 2022-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)