पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 18, 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: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.22 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्।

कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे।।1.22।।
"1.22 So that I may observe those who must fight on my side, those who must fight against me;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.08°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra72.42°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala94.42°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha114.18°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati332.71°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra101.90°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani9.74°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:18 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:01 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:55 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:57 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta19:06 – 19:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:18 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:03 – 20:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:45 – 17:32
Yamaganda08:40 – 10:27
Gulika Kāla12:13 – 13:59
Varjyam05:43 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:08 – 06:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:54 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:40 – 10:27 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:27 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:13 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:59 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:45 – 17:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:32 – 19:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:18 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:32 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:45 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:59 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:13 – 01:27 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:27 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:40 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:54 – 05:08 (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)1862578.27 · 5099.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451043.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8338° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8338°) · declination 13.22° · EoT -3.53 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:1998-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)