पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · September 22, 1979 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
🪷 आज: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya154.88°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra161.79°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.00°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha162.34°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati124.71°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra162.62°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani144.90°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:35 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:23 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:16 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:52 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:57 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:33 – 15:05
Gulika Kāla05:54 – 07:26
Varjyam06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:54 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:26 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:57 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:01 – 13:33 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:33 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:05 – 16:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:37 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:09 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:37 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:05 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:33 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:01 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:57 – 04:26 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:26 – 05:54 (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 Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855673.27 · 5080.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444138.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5697° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.5697°) · declination 0.62° · EoT 8.08 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:1979-09-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)