पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 21, 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: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.8 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्या

द्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम्।

अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम्

राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्।।2.8।।
"2.8 For should I attain the monarchy of the visible world, or over the invisible world, it would not drive away the anguish which is now paralysing my senses."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya124.44°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra12.51°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala108.95°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha123.41°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.88°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra143.75°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani36.61°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:39 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:50 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 58 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 01 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:21 – 04:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:58 – 08:42
Yamaganda10:27 – 12:12
Gulika Kāla13:57 – 15:42
Varjyam05:48 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:13 – 06:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:58 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:42 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:27 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:12 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:57 – 15:42 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:42 – 17:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:27 – 19:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:11 – 20:27 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:27 – 21:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:42 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:57 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:12 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:27 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:42 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:58 – 05:13 (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)1863312.27 · 5101.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451777.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8619° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)250.74° · 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 (23.8619°) · declination 12.06° · EoT -2.80 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:2000-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)