पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 28, 2024 CE

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🪷 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

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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.59°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra218.54°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala98.57°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha230.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati49.41°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra298.89°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani320.13°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:25 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:29 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:21 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 27 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 32 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:25 – 16:46
Amṛta Kāla16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:04 – 11:08
Yamaganda13:15 – 14:18
Gulika Kāla07:58 – 09:01
Varjyam08:19 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:58 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:01 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:04 – 11:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:08 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:11 – 13:15 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:15 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:18 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:21 – 16:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:25 – 18:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:21 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:18 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:15 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:11 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:08 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:04 – 06:01 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:01 – 07:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)
7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872207.27
Julian Day2460672.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2021°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.02°
🪷 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 -23.26°, EoT -1.89 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: 2024-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)