पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 9, 2037 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 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2094 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1959 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1444
Malayalam Era: 1213
Nanakshahi: 568
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra178.17°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala228.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha241.43°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati52.54°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra246.96°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani127.35°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:06 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:55 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 40 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 19 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:47 – 07:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 16:59
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:11 – 12:16
Yamaganda14:27 – 15:32
Gulika Kāla09:01 – 10:06
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:56 – 09:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:01 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:06 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:11 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:22 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:27 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:32 – 16:37 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:37 – 18:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:32 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:27 – 22:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:22 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:11 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:06 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:01 – 07:56 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5138
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1876602.27
Julian Day2465067.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3702°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)270.73°
🪷 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 (24.3702°), declination -22.07°, EoT -7.10 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: 2037-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)