पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 17, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.24 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्।

सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः।।3.24।।
"3.24 And if I were to refrain from action, the human race would be ruined; I should lead the world to chaos, and destruction would follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.05°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra219.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.88°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha219.78°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati326.18°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra252.82°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani3.01°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:53 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:16 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:07 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 26 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 33 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:09 – 14:13
Yamaganda07:53 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla09:59 – 11:03
Varjyam08:14 – 08:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:53 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:56 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:59 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:06 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:06 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:09 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:13 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:16 – 16:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:19 – 18:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:16 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:13 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:09 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:06 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 03:59 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:59 – 05:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:56 – 07:53 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1862699.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451164.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8385° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.76° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.8385°) · declination -23.34° · EoT 3.25 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:1998-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)