पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · September 5, 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: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.4 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।

सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।10.4।।
"10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear and fearlessness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya138.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra171.67°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.00°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha130.78°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati290.02°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra177.99°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani355.51°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:43 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:56 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:29 – 12:07
Yamaganda15:25 – 17:04
Gulika Kāla07:11 – 08:50
Varjyam06:05 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:32 – 07:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:11 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:50 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:29 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:07 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:46 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:25 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:04 – 18:43 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:43 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:04 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:25 – 22:46 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:46 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:07 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:29 – 02:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:50 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:11 – 05:32 (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)1862231.27 · 5098.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450696.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8206° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8206°) · declination 6.86° · EoT 1.85 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:1997-09-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)