पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 3, 2031 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 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।
"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra16.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.80°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha234.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra275.89°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani38.39°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:30 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:54 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:18 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 32 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 27 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:18 – 16:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:30 – 16:51
Amṛta Kāla16:15 – 18:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:10 – 12:14
Yamaganda14:22 – 15:26
Gulika Kāla09:02 – 10:06
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:58 – 09:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:02 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:06 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:10 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:18 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:22 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:26 – 16:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:30 – 18:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:26 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:22 – 22:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:18 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:10 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:06 – 06:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:02 – 07:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874404.27
Julian Day2462869.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2861°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)115.28°
🪷 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 (24.2861°), declination -22.85°, EoT -4.59 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: 2031-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)