पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 18, 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.19 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्।

नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्।।1.19।।
"1.19 The tumult rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and violently shook heaven and earth with its echo." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.53°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra20.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala72.77°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha7.75°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati135.40°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra62.24°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani76.49°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:28 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:43 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:56 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:33 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 14 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 45 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:26 – 03:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:12 – 04:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:31 – 19:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:43 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:28 – 21:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:54 – 17:49
Yamaganda08:17 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 14:00
Varjyam05:06 – 05:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Roga04:28 – 06:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:23 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:17 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:00 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:54 – 17:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:49 – 19:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:43 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:49 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:54 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:00 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:17 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:23 – 04:28 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864678.27 · 5105.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453143.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9141° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)347.77° · 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 (23.9141°) · declination 19.59° · EoT 3.69 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:2004-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)