पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 24, 3227 BCE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3169
Śaka Saṁvat: -3304
Bengali Saṁvat: -3819
Malayalam Era: -4050
Nanakshahi: -4695
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya153.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra239.04°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala229.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha180.25°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.35°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra165.72°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani267.21°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:11 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:13 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:46 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 50 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 09 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:14 – 03:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:01 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:57
Godhūli Muhūrta19:59 – 20:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:11 – 20:50
Amṛta Kāla19:56 – 21:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:17 – 12:15
Yamaganda16:13 – 18:12
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 08:18
Varjyam05:00 – 05:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:20 – 06:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:19 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:18 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:17 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:15 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:14 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:13 – 18:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:12 – 20:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga20:11 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:12 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:13 – 23:14 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:14 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:15 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:17 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:18 – 03:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:19 – 04:20 (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 Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year-124 · 124 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-45499.73 · -124.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day542965.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-49.1430° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (-49.1430°) · declination 22.71° · EoT -6.16 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:-3226-07-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)