पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 26, 2023 CE

Also observed today

लोहड़ी · LohriRegional
धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।

"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	249.79°	Dhanu	Mūla P3
चन्द्र Candra	58.11°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	238.44°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha	241.81°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	11.45°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra	210.86°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
शनि Śani	308.64°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:23 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:10 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	15:27 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	07:20 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	8 Hours 26 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	15 Hours 33 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:15 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:53 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:35 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:23 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla	16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:53 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:17 – 15:20
Yamaganda	10:04 – 11:07
Gulika Kāla	12:10 – 13:14
Varjyam	08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta	09:55 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · 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	07:57 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	09:01 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	10:04 – 11:07 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	11:07 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:10 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:14 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:17 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:20 – 16:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	16:23 – 18:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:20 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:17 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:14 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:10 – 02:07 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	02:07 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	04:04 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	06:01 – 07:57 (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 Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871839.27
Julian Day	2460304.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1880°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	169.82°

🪷 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 (24.1880°), declination -23.38°, EoT -0.96 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: 2023-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)