पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 1, 2024 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 4.14 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा।

इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते।।4.14।।
"4.14 My actions do not fetter Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus realises Me is not enslaved by action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.91°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra132.34°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.87°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha237.63°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.41°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra218.14°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani309.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:28 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:15 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:43 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 29 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 30 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:16 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:16 – 16:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:28 – 16:49
Amṛta Kāla16:13 – 17:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:02 – 10:06
Yamaganda11:09 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:17 – 14:20
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:58 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:02 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:06 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:09 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:17 – 14:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:20 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:24 – 16:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:28 – 18:24 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:24 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:20 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:17 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:09 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:06 – 06:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:02 – 07:58 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871845.27
Julian Day2460310.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1883°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.28°
🪷 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 (24.1883°), declination -23.05°, EoT -3.71 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: 2024-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)