पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 9, 2023 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 13.31 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा।।13.31।।
"13.31 He who sees the diverse forms of life all rooted in One, and growing forth from Him, he shall indeed find the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra106.88°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.75°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha260.40°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati338.08°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra282.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani299.15°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:36 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:22 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:11 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 39 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 20 Mins 06 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 Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:01 – 10:06
Yamaganda11:11 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:21 – 14:26
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:56 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:01 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:06 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:11 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:21 – 14:26 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:26 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:31 – 16:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:36 – 18:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:31 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:26 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:21 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:11 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:06 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:01 – 07:56 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871488.27
Julian Day2459953.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1746°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.22°
🪷 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 (24.1746°), declination -22.16°, 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: 2023-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)