पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 24, 1981 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.22 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते।असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.22।।
"17.22 And that which is given at an unsuitable place or time or to one who is unworthy, or with disrespect or contempt - such a gift is the result of Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra144.81°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.72°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha295.72°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati166.85°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra262.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani165.94°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:46 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:55 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:43 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:32 – 07:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:00 – 07:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:04 – 11:12
Yamaganda13:30 – 14:39
Gulika Kāla07:46 – 08:55
Varjyam08:09 – 08:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:46 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:55 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:04 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:12 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 13:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:30 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:39 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:48 – 16:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:57 – 18:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:48 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:39 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:30 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:12 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:04 – 05:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:55 – 07:46 (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 Year5082 · Kali-5082
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856163.27 · 5082.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444628.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5885° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)226.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.5885°) · declination -19.26° · EoT -12.06 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:1981-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)