पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 23, 1998 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.27 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम्।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ।।13.27।।
"13.27 Wherever life is seen in things movable or immovable, it is the joint product of Matter and Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra213.75°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala304.34°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha260.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati303.26°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra268.36°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani350.95°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:47 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:55 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:28 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:32 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:34 – 07:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:01 – 07:47
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta16:43 – 17:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:55 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:40 – 18:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:13 – 12:21
Yamaganda14:38 – 15:47
Gulika Kāla08:55 – 10:04
Varjyam08:10 – 08:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:47 – 08:55 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:55 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:04 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:13 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:21 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:30 – 14:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:38 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:47 – 16:55 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:55 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:47 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:38 – 22:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:30 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:21 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:13 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:04 – 05:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:55 – 07:47 (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)1862371.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450836.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8259° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)296.01° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.8259°) · declination -19.53° · EoT -11.81 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:1998-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)