पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 21, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya94.71°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra135.14°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.15°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha120.98°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.86°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra52.78°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani84.41°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:33 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:58 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:17 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:37 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 24 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 35 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:30 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:16 – 04:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:46 – 20:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:58 – 20:36
Amṛta Kāla19:43 – 21:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:15 – 14:11
Yamaganda06:29 – 08:24
Gulika Kāla10:20 – 12:15
Varjyam05:12 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:33 – 06:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:29 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:24 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:20 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:15 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:11 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:06 – 18:02 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha18:02 – 19:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:58 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala21:02 – 22:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:06 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:11 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:15 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:20 – 02:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:24 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:29 – 04:33 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864742.27 · 5105.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453207.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9166° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9166°) · declination 20.43° · EoT -6.05 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:2004-07-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)