पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 20, 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
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya93.80°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra141.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala62.39°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha103.59°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra53.20°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani343.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:32 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:59 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:57 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:55 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 26 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 33 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:28 – 03:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:15 – 04:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:47 – 20:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:59 – 20:37
Amṛta Kāla19:44 – 21:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:24 – 10:20
Yamaganda14:11 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla04:32 – 06:28
Varjyam05:11 – 05:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:32 – 06:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:28 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:24 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:15 – 14:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:11 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:07 – 18:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla18:03 – 19:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:59 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta21:03 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:07 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:11 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:15 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:24 – 03:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:28 – 04:32 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861819.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450284.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8048° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)51.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8048°) · declination 20.64° · EoT -5.99 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:1996-07-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)