पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · October 18, 2000 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.66 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना।

न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्।।2.66।।
"2.66 Right discrimination is not for him who cannot concentrate. Without concentration, there cannot be meditation; he who cannot meditate must not expect peace; and without peace, how can anyone expect happiness?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.66's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya181.11°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra61.05°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala145.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha202.19°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati46.76°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra214.66°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani35.94°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:57 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:51 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:54 – 13:14
Yamaganda07:52 – 09:13
Gulika Kāla10:33 – 11:54
Varjyam06:59 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:32 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:52 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:13 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:33 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:54 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:14 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:35 – 15:55 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:55 – 17:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:16 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:55 – 20:35 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:35 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:14 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:54 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:33 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:13 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:52 – 06:32 (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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863370.27 · 5101.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451835.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8641° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.11° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.8641°) · declination -9.67° · EoT 15.40 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:2000-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)