पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · November 11, 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya204.60°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra114.85°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala146.80°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha227.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.33°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra207.62°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani4.83°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:42 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:08 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 31 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 28 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:03
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:54 – 13:05
Yamaganda08:20 – 09:31
Gulika Kāla10:42 – 11:54
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:08 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:20 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:31 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:42 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:54 – 13:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:05 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:17 – 15:28 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:28 – 16:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:39 – 18:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:28 – 20:17 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:17 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:05 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:54 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:42 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:31 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:20 – 07:08 (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 Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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)1862663.27 · 5099.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451128.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8371° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.8371°) · declination -17.31° · EoT 15.59 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:1998-11-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)