पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 24, 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
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.46 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः।।18.46।।
"18.46 Man reaches perfection by dedicating his actions to God, Who is the source of all being, and fills everything." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.46'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya97.62°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra191.33°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala65.10°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha111.25°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati256.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra55.55°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani343.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:37 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:54 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:26 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:34 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 17 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 42 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:34 – 03:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:20 – 04:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta19:42 – 20:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:54 – 20:33
Amṛta Kāla19:39 – 21:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:15 – 14:10
Yamaganda06:31 – 08:26
Gulika Kāla10:21 – 12:15
Varjyam05:15 – 05:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:37 – 06:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:31 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:26 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:21 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:15 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:10 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:05 – 18:00 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha18:00 – 19:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:54 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala21:00 – 22:05 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:05 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:10 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:15 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:21 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:26 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:31 – 04:37 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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)1861823.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450288.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8050° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (23.8050°) · declination 19.84° · EoT -6.16 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:1996-07-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)