पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 20, 2004 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.66 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना।

न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्।।2.66।।
"2.66 Right discrimination is not for him who cannot concentrate. Without concentration, there cannot be meditation; he who cannot meditate must not expect peace; and without peace, how can anyone expect happiness?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.66's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.45°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra170.76°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.14°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha130.51°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.63°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra77.59°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani88.09°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:11 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:44 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:00 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 01 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 58 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:19 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:01 – 05:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:27 – 12:12
Yamaganda15:43 – 17:28
Gulika Kāla06:57 – 08:42
Varjyam05:47 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:11 – 06:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:57 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:42 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:27 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:12 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:58 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:43 – 17:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:28 – 19:13 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:13 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:28 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:43 – 22:58 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:58 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:12 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:27 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:42 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:57 – 05:11 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864772.27 · 5105.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453237.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9177° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)48.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.9177°) · declination 12.38° · EoT -3.05 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:2004-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)