पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 8, 1997 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 3.17 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः।

आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते।।3.17।।
"3.17 On the other hand, the soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self; there remains nothing more for him to accomplish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra248.15°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.57°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha250.90°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati273.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra243.50°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani337.91°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:57 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:35 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:02 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:24 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 38 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 21 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:47 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:23 – 16:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:35 – 16:57
Amṛta Kāla16:20 – 18:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:16 – 13:21
Yamaganda09:01 – 10:06
Gulika Kāla11:11 – 12:16
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:57 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:01 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:06 – 11:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:11 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:21 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:26 – 15:31 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:31 – 16:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:35 – 18:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:31 – 20:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:26 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:21 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:11 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:06 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:01 – 07:57 (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 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)1861991.27 · 5098.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450456.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8114° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.8114°) · declination -22.25° · EoT -6.70 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:1997-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)