पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 8, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.28 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः।विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते।।18.28।।
"18.28 While he whose purpose is infirm, who is low-minded, stubborn, dishonest, malicious, indolent, despondent, procrastinating - he may be assumed to be in Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.91°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra76.97°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala39.10°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha22.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati23.97°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra14.70°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani26.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:41 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:43 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:33 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:43 – 03:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:27 – 04:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:32 – 08:24
Yamaganda10:15 – 12:06
Gulika Kāla13:57 – 15:48
Varjyam05:18 – 05:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Amṛta04:41 – 06:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:32 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:24 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:15 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:06 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:57 – 15:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:48 – 17:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:39 – 19:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:30 – 20:39 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:39 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:48 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:57 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:06 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:15 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:24 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:32 – 04:41 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863207.27 · 5101.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451672.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8579° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)50.35° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8579°) · declination 17.13° · EoT 3.58 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:2000-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)