पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 20, 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 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: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.94°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra198.04°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala47.43°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha263.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra257.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani297.20°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:57 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:47 – 07:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:14 – 15:17
Yamaganda10:01 – 11:04
Gulika Kāla12:07 – 13:11
Varjyam08:16 – 08:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:55 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:58 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:01 – 11:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:04 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:07 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:11 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:14 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:17 – 16:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:20 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:17 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:14 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:11 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:07 – 02:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:04 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:01 – 05:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:58 – 07:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871468.27
Julian Day2459933.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1738°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)315.65°
🪷 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 (24.1738°), declination -23.42°, EoT 1.85 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: 2022-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)