पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 24, 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 14.10 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत।रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा।।14.10।।
"14.10 O Prince! Purity prevails when Passion and Ignorance are overcome; Passion, when Purity and Ignorance are overcome; and Ignorance when it overcomes Purity and Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.10'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 Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.51°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra170.49°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala99.61°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha226.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati49.89°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra294.49°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani319.86°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:35 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:49 – 07:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:14 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:16 – 15:19
Yamaganda10:03 – 11:06
Gulika Kāla12:09 – 13:13
Varjyam08:18 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:57 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:00 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:03 – 11:06 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:06 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:09 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:13 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:16 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:19 – 16:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:22 – 18:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:19 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:16 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:13 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:09 – 02:06 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:06 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:03 – 06:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:00 – 07:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872203.27
Julian Day2460668.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2020°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)281.44°
🪷 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 (24.2020°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2024-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)