पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 30, 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.11 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।
"16.11 Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratification of desire as the highest goal; seeing nothing beyond;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.09°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra121.40°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala344.19°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha280.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati73.16°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra289.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani44.12°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:39 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:21 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:27 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:24 – 07:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:52 – 07:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:23 – 13:34
Yamaganda08:50 – 10:01
Gulika Kāla11:12 – 12:23
Varjyam08:03 – 08:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:39 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:50 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:01 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:12 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:23 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:34 – 14:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:44 – 15:55 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:55 – 17:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:06 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:55 – 20:44 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:44 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:34 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:23 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:12 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:01 – 05:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:50 – 07:39 (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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863839.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452304.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8821° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)193.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.8821°) · declination -17.75° · EoT -13.36 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:2002-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)