पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 23, 2024 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.9 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।

"14.9 Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.9'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 Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	247.49°	Dhanu	Mūla P3
चन्द्र Candra	158.72°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	99.84°	Karka	Puṣya P2
बुध Budha	225.21°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	50.01°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	293.38°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani	319.80°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:22 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:15 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:12 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	8 Hours 25 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	15 Hours 34 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:49 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:14 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:52 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:33 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:22 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla	16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:52 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:59 – 10:03
Yamaganda	11:06 – 12:09
Gulika Kāla	13:12 – 14:15
Varjyam	08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta	09:54 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	07:56 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:59 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	10:03 – 11:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	11:06 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:09 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:12 – 14:15 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:15 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:18 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	16:22 – 18:18 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:18 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:15 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:12 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:09 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	02:06 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	04:03 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:59 – 07:56 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872202.27
Julian Day	2460667.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2019°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	270.83°

🪷 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 (24.2019°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.44 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: 2024-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)