पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 18, 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
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 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.65°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra243.39°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.35°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha113.34°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati295.96°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra119.57°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani356.33°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:30 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:01 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:33 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 31 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 28 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:25 – 03:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:12 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:49 – 20:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:01 – 20:40
Amṛta Kāla19:46 – 21:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:19 – 12:15
Yamaganda16:08 – 18:04
Gulika Kāla06:26 – 08:22
Varjyam05:08 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
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 Chala04:30 – 06:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:26 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:22 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:19 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:15 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:12 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:08 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:04 – 20:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga20:01 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:04 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:08 – 23:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:12 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:15 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:19 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:22 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:26 – 04:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862182.27 · 5098.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450647.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8187° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)151.80° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8187°) · declination 21.04° · EoT -5.86 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:1997-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)