पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 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
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya100.96°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra152.99°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala80.70°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha124.16°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.06°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra76.33°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani9.45°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:41 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:50 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:35 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:53 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 09 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 50 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:40 – 03:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:25 – 04:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:38 – 20:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:50 – 20:28
Amṛta Kāla19:35 – 21:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:03 – 17:56
Yamaganda08:28 – 10:22
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 14:09
Varjyam05:19 – 05:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:41 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:35 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:28 – 10:22 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:22 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:09 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:03 – 17:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:56 – 19:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:50 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:56 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:03 – 23:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:09 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:22 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:22 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:28 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:35 – 04:41 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862557.27 · 5099.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451022.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8330° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)54.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8330°) · declination 19.07° · EoT -6.17 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:1998-07-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)