पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 21, 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 13.12 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्।एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोन्यथा।।13.12।।
"13.12 Constant yearning for the knowledge of Self, and pondering over the lessons of the great Truth - this is Wisdom, all else ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.12'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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.96°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra212.15°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala47.12°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha264.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.87°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra259.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani297.29°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:23 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:30 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:48 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:42
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:08 – 13:11
Yamaganda08:58 – 10:02
Gulika Kāla11:05 – 12:08
Varjyam08:16 – 08:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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 · 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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:55 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:58 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:02 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:05 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:08 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:11 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:14 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:17 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:21 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:17 – 20:14 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:14 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:11 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:08 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:05 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:02 – 05:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:58 – 07:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871469.27
Julian Day2459934.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1739°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.02°
🪷 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 (24.1739°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.38 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: 2022-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)