पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 9, 2006 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 17.25 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः।

दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभि:।।17.25।।
"17.25 Those who desire deliverance begin their acts of sacrifice, austerity or gift with the word Tat' (meaning That'), without thought of reward." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
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 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra22.46°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala19.30°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha253.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.21°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra272.52°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani105.28°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:36 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:47 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:28 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 40 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 19 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:47 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:01 – 10:06
Yamaganda11:11 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:21 – 14:26
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 Amṛta07:56 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:01 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:06 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:11 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:21 – 14:26 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:26 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:31 – 16:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:36 – 18:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:31 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:26 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:21 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:11 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:06 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:01 – 07:56 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865279.27 · 5107.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453744.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9371° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)116.08° · 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 (23.9371°) · declination -22.14° · EoT -7.10 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:2006-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)