पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 3, 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.18°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra337.24°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala71.81°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha128.40°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra62.69°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani343.36°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:30 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:41 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:35 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:19
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:32 – 10:24
Yamaganda14:07 – 15:58
Gulika Kāla04:49 – 06:41
Varjyam05:26 – 05:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:49 – 06:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:41 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:32 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:24 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:15 – 14:07 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:07 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:58 – 17:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:50 – 19:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:41 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:50 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:58 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:07 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:15 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:24 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:32 – 03:41 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:41 – 04:49 (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)1861833.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450298.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8053° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.81° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8053°) · declination 17.47° · EoT -5.88 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:1996-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)