पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 2, 2004 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 16.12 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्।।16.12।।
"16.12 Caught in the toils of a hundred vain hopes, the slaves of passion and wrath, they accumulate hoards of unjust wealth, only to pander to their sensual desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra15.97°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala345.79°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha243.87°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.04°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra290.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani75.63°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:29 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:58 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:20 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 30 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 29 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:50 – 07:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:16 – 07:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:17 – 16:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:29 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:14 – 17:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:10 – 12:13
Yamaganda14:21 – 15:25
Gulika Kāla09:02 – 10:06
Varjyam08:19 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:58 – 09:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:02 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:06 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:10 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:13 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:17 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:21 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:25 – 16:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:29 – 18:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:25 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:21 – 22:17 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:17 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:13 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:10 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:06 – 06:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:02 – 07:58 (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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864541.27 · 5104.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453006.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9089° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)116.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.9089°) · declination -22.98° · EoT -4.15 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:2004-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)