पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 18, 1996 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
Also observed today
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
- प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।
"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Dhruva |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Gara |
| वार (Vāra) | Guruvāra (Thursday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 273.41° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 237.94° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 283.76° | Makara | Śravaṇa P2 |
| बुध Budha | 275.43° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 249.63° | Dhanu | Mūla P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 309.72° | Kumbha | Śatabhiṣā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 326.94° | Kumbha | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3 |
☀️ Seattle, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-8)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:52 UTC-8 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:48 UTC-8 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:20 UTC-8 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 05:45 UTC-8 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 14:10 UTC-8 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 8 Hours 55 Mins 47 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 15 Hours 04 Mins 13 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 06:40 – 07:16 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 07:07 – 07:52 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 12:02 – 12:38 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:49 – 14:25 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:36 – 17:00 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:48 – 17:10 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:33 – 18:18 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 00:02 – 00:38 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 13:27 – 14:34 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 07:52 – 08:59 |
| Gulika Kāla | 10:06 – 11:13 |
| Varjyam | 08:14 – 08:28 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:57 – 10:15 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Śubha | 07:52 – 08:59 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Roga | 08:59 – 10:06 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Udveg | 10:06 – 11:13 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Chala | 11:13 – 12:20 (neutral) |
| Day-5 Labha | 12:20 – 13:27 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Amṛta | 13:27 – 14:34 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Kāla | 14:34 – 15:41 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Śubha | 15:41 – 16:48 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Amṛta | 16:48 – 18:41 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Kāla | 18:41 – 20:34 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Śubha | 20:34 – 22:27 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Roga | 22:27 – 00:20 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Udveg | 00:20 – 02:13 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Chala | 02:13 – 04:06 (neutral) |
| Night-7 Labha | 04:06 – 05:59 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Amṛta | 05:59 – 07:52 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)
🌌 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 Year | 5097 · Kali-5097 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1861635.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450100.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.7978° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 326.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30) |
🪷 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 (23.7978°) · declination -20.71° · EoT -10.35 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:1996-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)