पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 12, 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 15.13 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।
"15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams I nourish the plants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.13'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.77°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra250.16°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala331.08°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha286.81°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.21°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra267.18°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani44.71°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:56 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:18 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 45 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 14 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:02
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:06 – 11:12
Yamaganda13:23 – 14:29
Gulika Kāla07:55 – 09:01
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:55 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:01 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:06 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:12 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:18 – 13:23 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:23 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:29 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:34 – 16:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:40 – 18:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:34 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:29 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:23 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:18 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:12 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:06 – 06:01 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:01 – 07:55 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1863821.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452286.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8814° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.8814°) · declination -21.69° · EoT -8.27 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:2002-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)