पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 31, 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 13.22 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु।।13.22।।
"13.22 God dwelling in the heart of Nature experiences the Qualities which nature brings forth; and His affinity towards the Qualities is the reason for His living in a good or evil body." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.22'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra357.07°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.75°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha269.69°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.91°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra271.71°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani298.23°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:27 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:20 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:41 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 29 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 30 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:16 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:27 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:09
Yamaganda13:16 – 14:20
Gulika Kāla07:58 – 09:02
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:58 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:02 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:05 – 11:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:09 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:13 – 13:16 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:16 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:20 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:24 – 16:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:27 – 18:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:24 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:20 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:16 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:13 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:09 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:05 – 06:02 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:02 – 07:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871479.27
Julian Day2459944.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1743°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.90°
🪷 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 (24.1743°), declination -23.11°, EoT -3.26 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: 2022-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)