पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 26, 2000 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.24 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः।।14.24।।
"14.24 Who accepts pain and pleasure as it comes, is centred in his Self, to whom a piece of clay or stone or gold are the same, who neither likes nor dislikes, who is steadfast, indifferent alike to praise or censure;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra164.99°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala323.11°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha288.34°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati3.35°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra247.64°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani16.54°MeṣaBharaṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:44 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:48 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:24 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:31 – 07:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:58 – 07:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:22
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:22 – 13:31
Yamaganda08:54 – 10:03
Gulika Kāla11:13 – 12:22
Varjyam08:08 – 08:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:44 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:54 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:03 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:13 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:22 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:31 – 14:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:41 – 15:50 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:50 – 16:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:59 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:50 – 20:41 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:41 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:31 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:22 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:13 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:03 – 05:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:54 – 07:44 (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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863104.27 · 5101.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451569.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8539° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)241.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8539°) · declination -18.92° · EoT -12.54 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:2000-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)