पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 23, 1985 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 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa (Adhika) Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2042 Bahudhānya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1907 Krodhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1392
Malayalam Era: 1161
Nanakshahi: 516
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya96.50°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra160.97°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.21°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha120.95°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati290.83°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra54.83°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani207.48°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:35 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:56 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:38 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:29 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 20 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 39 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:32 – 03:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:18 – 04:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta19:44 – 20:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:56 – 20:34
Amṛta Kāla19:41 – 21:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:06 – 18:01
Yamaganda08:25 – 10:20
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 14:11
Varjyam05:13 – 05:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 Roga04:35 – 06:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:30 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:25 – 10:20 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:20 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:11 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:06 – 18:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga18:01 – 19:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:56 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha21:01 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:06 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:11 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:20 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:20 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:25 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:30 – 04:35 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5087 · Kali-5087
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857804.27 · 5086.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446269.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6512° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.6512°) · declination 20.12° · EoT -6.13 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:1985-07-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)