पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 31, 2023 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।

"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla 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)	Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	286.71°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra	44.08°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	45.62°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	261.38°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	341.72°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra	310.42°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani	301.64°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:38 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:08 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:25 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:00 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 29 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 30 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:22 – 07:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:51 – 07:38
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:04 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:58 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:56 – 17:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:08 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla	16:53 – 18:38
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:04 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:45 – 15:56
Yamaganda	10:01 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla	12:23 – 13:34
Varjyam	08:02 – 08:17
Dur Muhūrta	09:51 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	07:38 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	08:49 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	10:01 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	11:12 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:23 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:34 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:45 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:56 – 17:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:08 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:56 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:45 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:34 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:23 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	02:12 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	04:01 – 05:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	05:49 – 07:38 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871510.27
Julian Day	2459975.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1754°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	114.75°

🪷 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 (24.1754°), declination -17.50°, EoT -13.53 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: 2023-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)