पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 18, 2005 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.31 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः।

सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते।।6.31।।
"6.31 The sage who realises the unity of life and who worships Me in all beings, lives in Me, whatever may be his lot." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra12.75°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.18°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha257.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.92°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra256.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani89.48°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:51 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:48 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:48 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:00 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 57 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 02 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:39 – 07:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:06 – 07:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta16:36 – 17:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:48 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:33 – 18:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:34 – 15:41
Yamaganda10:05 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:20 – 13:27
Varjyam08:13 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:51 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:58 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:05 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:20 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:27 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:34 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:41 – 16:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:48 – 18:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:41 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:34 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:27 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:20 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:05 – 05:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:58 – 07:51 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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)1864923.27 · 5106.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453388.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9235° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.9235°) · declination -20.55° · EoT -10.35 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:2005-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)