पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 18, 2034 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 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2091 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1956 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1441
Malayalam Era: 1210
Nanakshahi: 565
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.83°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra323.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala199.17°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha249.91°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra195.25°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani99.77°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:54 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:51 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:15 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 26 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:46 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:57 – 10:00
Yamaganda11:03 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:10 – 14:13
Varjyam08:15 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:54 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:57 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:00 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:03 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:10 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:13 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:16 – 16:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:20 – 18:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:16 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:13 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:10 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:03 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:00 – 05:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:57 – 07:54 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5136
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875849.27
Julian Day2464314.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3414°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.19°
🪷 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 (24.3414°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2034-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)