पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 8, 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: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya111.48°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra290.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.92°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha121.86°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati333.51°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra89.68°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani9.70°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:35 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:23 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:00 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:41 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:23 – 19:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:35 – 20:11
Amṛta Kāla19:20 – 21:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:35 – 10:25
Yamaganda14:05 – 15:55
Gulika Kāla04:55 – 06:45
Varjyam05:31 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:55 – 06:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:45 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:35 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:25 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:15 – 14:05 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:05 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:55 – 17:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:45 – 19:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:35 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:45 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:55 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:05 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:15 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:25 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:35 – 03:45 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:45 – 04:55 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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)1862568.27 · 5099.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451033.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8334° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)178.10° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (23.8334°) · declination 16.24° · EoT -5.35 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:1998-08-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)