पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 28, 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 13.32 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः।शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते।।13.32।।
"13.32 The Supreme Spirit, O Prince, is without beginning, without Qualities and Imperishable, and though it be within the body, yet It does not act, nor is It affected by action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.32'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 Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra281.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha267.65°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.42°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra266.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani351.29°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:42 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:36 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:46 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:27 – 07:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:55 – 07:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:22 – 13:32
Yamaganda08:52 – 10:02
Gulika Kāla11:12 – 12:22
Varjyam08:05 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:42 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:52 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:02 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:12 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:22 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:32 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:43 – 15:53 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:53 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:03 – 18:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:53 – 20:43 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:43 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:32 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:22 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:12 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:02 – 05:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:52 – 07:42 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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)1862376.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450841.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8261° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)355.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.8261°) · declination -18.29° · EoT -12.97 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:1998-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)