पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 23, 1948 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2005 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1870 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1355
Malayalam Era: 1124
Nanakshahi: 479
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya96.95°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra298.38°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala160.96°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha78.80°MithunaĀrdrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati238.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra62.94°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani119.84°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:35 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:56 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:42 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:40 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 20 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 39 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:32 – 03:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:18 – 04:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta19:44 – 20:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:56 – 20:34
Amṛta Kāla19:41 – 21:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:20 – 12:15
Yamaganda16:06 – 18:01
Gulika Kāla06:30 – 08:25
Varjyam05:13 – 05:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:35 – 06:30 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:30 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:25 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:20 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:15 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:11 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:06 – 18:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:01 – 19:56 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:56 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:01 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:06 – 23:11 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:11 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:15 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:20 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:25 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:30 – 04:35 (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 — 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 Year5050 · Kali-5050
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1844290.27 · 5049.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432755.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1344° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)204.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.1344°) · declination 20.13° · EoT -6.13 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:1948-07-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)