पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 27, 2024 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।

"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.13'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	251.57°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
चन्द्र Candra	206.23°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	98.84°	Karka	Puṣya P2
बुध Budha	229.21°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	49.53°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra	297.79°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani	320.06°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:24 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:11 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	04:28 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	13:51 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	8 Hours 26 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	15 Hours 33 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:15 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:54 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:35 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:24 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla	16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:54 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:07 – 12:11
Yamaganda	14:17 – 15:21
Gulika Kāla	09:01 – 10:04
Varjyam	08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta	09:56 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	07:57 – 09:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	09:01 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	10:04 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	11:07 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:11 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:14 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:17 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:21 – 16:24 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	16:24 – 18:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:21 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:17 – 22:14 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:14 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:11 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	02:07 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	04:04 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	06:01 – 07:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872206.27
Julian Day	2460671.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2021°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	313.80°

🪷 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 (24.2021°), declination -23.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2024-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)