पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 21, 2023 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)	Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	276.54°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	264.65°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	44.08°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	253.94°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	339.94°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	297.97°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani	300.48°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:49 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:52 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:15 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	15:51 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 03 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 56 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:36 – 07:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:04 – 07:49
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:02 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:51 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:52 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla	16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:02 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:05 – 11:13
Yamaganda	13:29 – 14:36
Gulika Kāla	07:49 – 08:57
Varjyam	08:11 – 08:26
Dur Muhūrta	09:56 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	07:49 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:57 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	10:05 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	11:13 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:21 – 13:29 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:29 – 14:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:36 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	15:44 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	16:52 – 18:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	18:44 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:36 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:29 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:21 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	02:13 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	04:05 – 05:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:57 – 07:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871500.27
Julian Day	2459965.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1751°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	348.44°

🪷 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 (24.1751°), declination -19.99°, EoT -11.26 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: 2023-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)