पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · November 25, 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.2 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे।

तदेकं वद निश्िचत्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्।।3.2।।
"3.2 Thy language perplexes me and confuses my reason. Therefore please tell me the only way by which I may, without doubt, secure my spiritual welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya218.72°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra284.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.83°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha232.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra225.19°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani3.91°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:29 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:25 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:42 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:02 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 56 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 03 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:17 – 06:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:44 – 07:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:25 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:57 – 13:04
Yamaganda08:36 – 09:43
Gulika Kāla10:50 – 11:57
Varjyam07:51 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Labha07:29 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:36 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:43 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:50 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:57 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:04 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:11 – 15:18 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:18 – 16:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:25 – 18:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:18 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:11 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:04 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:57 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:50 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:43 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:36 – 07:29 (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 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)1862677.27 · 5099.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451142.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8376° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)69.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.8376°) · declination -20.67° · EoT 12.23 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:1998-11-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)