पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 12, 2027 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 16.11 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।
"16.11 Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratification of desire as the highest goal; seeing nothing beyond;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.35°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra313.00°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha273.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati121.14°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra220.26°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani344.68°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:56 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:44 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 44 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 15 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:02
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:29 – 15:34
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:18 – 13:23
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:55 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:01 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:06 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:18 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:23 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:29 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:34 – 16:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:40 – 18:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:34 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:29 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:23 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:18 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:06 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:01 – 07:55 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872952.27
Julian Day2461417.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2306°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)49.16°
🪷 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 (24.2306°), declination -21.71°, EoT -8.27 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: 2027-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)