पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 24, 1950 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 1.21 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।
"1.21 Raising his bow, spoke this to the Lord Shri Krishna: O Infallible! Lord of the earth! Please draw up my chariot betwixt the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2007 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1872 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1357
Malayalam Era: 1126
Nanakshahi: 481
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.15°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra261.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala195.75°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha155.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati310.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra106.64°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani146.91°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:55 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:26 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 52 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 07 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:24 – 04:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:55 – 15:39
Yamaganda05:15 – 06:59
Gulika Kāla08:43 – 10:27
Varjyam05:50 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:15 – 06:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:59 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:43 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:27 – 12:11 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:11 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:55 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:39 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:23 – 19:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:07 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:23 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:39 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:55 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:11 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:27 – 02:43 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:43 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:59 – 05:15 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5052 · Kali-5052
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1845052.27 · 5051.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2433517.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1635° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.1635°) · declination 11.36° · EoT -1.99 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:1950-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)