पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 11, 1982 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2039 Yuva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1904 Dundubhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1389
Malayalam Era: 1158
Nanakshahi: 513
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya326.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra161.03°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.59°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha302.74°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati196.83°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra282.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani177.13°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:23 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:13 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:47 – 15:14
Yamaganda06:32 – 07:59
Gulika Kāla09:26 – 10:53
Varjyam07:01 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Śubha06:32 – 07:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:59 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:26 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:53 – 12:20 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:20 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:47 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:14 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:41 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:08 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:41 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:14 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:47 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:20 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:53 – 03:26 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:26 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:59 – 06:32 (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 Year5083 · Kali-5083
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856574.27 · 5083.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2445039.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6042° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)196.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.6042°) · declination -3.90° · EoT -10.76 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:1982-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)