पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 26, 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 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.8'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.74°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra39.69°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala302.48°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha229.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra211.17°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani53.87°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:27 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:53 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 26 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 33 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:07 – 12:10
Yamaganda14:17 – 15:20
Gulika Kāla09:01 – 10:04
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:57 – 09:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:01 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:04 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:07 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:10 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:14 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:17 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:20 – 16:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:23 – 18:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:20 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:17 – 22:14 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:14 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:10 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:07 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:04 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:01 – 07:57 (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 Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874761.27
Julian Day2463226.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2998°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.55°
🪷 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 (24.2998°), declination -23.37°, EoT -0.96 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: 2031-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)