पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 10, 2002 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 15.11 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्।यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः।।15.11।।
"15.11 The saints with great effort find Him within themselves; but not the unintelligent, who in spite of every effort cannot control their minds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra224.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala329.62°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha284.58°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.47°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra264.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani44.81°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:38 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:52 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 41 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 18 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:46 – 07:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:26 – 16:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:38 – 16:59
Amṛta Kāla16:23 – 18:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:22 – 14:27
Yamaganda07:56 – 09:01
Gulika Kāla10:06 – 11:12
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

🧭 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) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Śubha07:56 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:01 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:06 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:12 – 12:17 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:17 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:22 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:27 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:32 – 16:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:38 – 18:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:32 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:27 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:22 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:17 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:12 – 04:06 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:06 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:01 – 07:56 (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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863819.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452284.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8813° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)318.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.8813°) · declination -22.00° · EoT -7.50 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:2002-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)