पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 20, 1949 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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🪷 आज: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2006 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1871 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1356
Malayalam Era: 1125
Nanakshahi: 480
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.54°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra69.47°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala85.96°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha145.24°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.71°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra156.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani134.98°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:14 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:39 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:34 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 04 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 55 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:00 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta19:02 – 19:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:14 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla18:59 – 20:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:41 – 10:27
Yamaganda13:58 – 15:43
Gulika Kāla05:10 – 06:56
Varjyam05:46 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:10 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:56 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:41 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:27 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:12 – 13:58 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:58 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:43 – 17:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:29 – 19:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:14 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:29 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:43 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:58 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:12 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:27 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:41 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:56 – 05:10 (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 Year5051 · Kali-5051
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1844683.27 · 5050.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2433148.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1494° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)307.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.1494°) · declination 12.62° · EoT -3.05 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:1949-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)