पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 19, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya4.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra76.45°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala39.74°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha17.50°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.18°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra27.94°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani48.21°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:59 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:50 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:25 – 12:09
Yamaganda15:36 – 17:20
Gulika Kāla06:58 – 08:41
Varjyam05:49 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:14 – 06:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:58 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:41 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:25 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:09 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:52 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:36 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:20 – 19:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:03 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:20 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:36 – 22:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:52 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:09 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:25 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:41 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:58 – 05:14 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863918.27 · 5103.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452383.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8851° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)74.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.8851°) · declination 11.06° · EoT 0.74 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:2002-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)