पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 11, 1994 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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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.31 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो

नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद।

विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं

न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।
"11.31 Tell me then who Thou art, that wearest this dreadful Form? I bow before Thee, O Mighty One! Have mercy, I pray, and let me see Thee as Thou wert at first. I do not know what Thou intendest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra255.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala263.08°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha271.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati197.46°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra265.45°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani304.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:18 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:43 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 43 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 16 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:46 – 07:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:12 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:01
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:28 – 15:33
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:17 – 13:23
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Roga07:56 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:01 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:06 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:17 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:23 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:28 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:33 – 16:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:39 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:33 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:28 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:23 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:17 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:06 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:01 – 07:56 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5095 · Kali-5095
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860898.27 · 5095.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449363.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7696° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)350.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.7696°) · declination -21.86° · EoT -7.89 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1994-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)