पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 20, 1946 CE

🕉️ 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.5 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।18.5।।
"18.5 Acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up but should be performed, for they purify the aspiring soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2003 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1868 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1353
Malayalam Era: 1122
Nanakshahi: 477
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya93.62°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra340.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.99°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha114.08°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.39°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra134.81°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani95.40°KarkaPuṣya P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:31 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:00 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:34 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:55 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 31 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:27 – 03:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:14 – 04:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:48 – 20:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:00 – 20:38
Amṛta Kāla19:45 – 21:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:23 – 10:19
Yamaganda14:11 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla04:31 – 06:27
Varjyam05:10 – 05:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:31 – 06:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:27 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:23 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:19 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:15 – 14:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:11 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:07 – 18:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla18:04 – 20:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha20:00 – 21:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta21:04 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:07 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:11 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:15 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:19 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:23 – 03:27 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:27 – 04:31 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5048 · Kali-5048
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1843556.27 · 5047.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432021.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1063° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.1063°) · declination 20.81° · EoT -5.99 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:1946-07-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)