पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 4, 2036 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 9.18 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।

प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्।।9.18।।
"9.18 I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Home, the Shelter, the Lover and the Origin; I am Life and Death; I am the Fountain and the Seed Imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2093 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1958 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1443
Malayalam Era: 1212
Nanakshahi: 567
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra317.89°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala352.17°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha271.35°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra294.45°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani113.39°KarkaAśleṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:38 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:43 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 32 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 27 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:15 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:10 – 12:14
Yamaganda14:23 – 15:27
Gulika Kāla09:02 – 10:06
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
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 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 – 14:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:23 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:27 – 16:31 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:31 – 18:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:27 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:23 – 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 Time

Kali Year5137
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1876231.27
Julian Day2464696.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3560°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)63.08°
🪷 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 (24.3560°), declination -22.78°, EoT -5.02 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: 2036-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)