पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 29, 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.29 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति।

वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते।।1.29।।
"1.29 My limbs fail me and my throat is parched, my body trembles and my hair stands on end." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya14.66°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra30.83°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala74.71°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha354.58°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.41°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra331.04°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani100.76°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:17 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:39 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:44 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:01 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta19:05 – 19:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:17 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:02 – 20:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:31 – 10:19
Yamaganda13:54 – 15:42
Gulika Kāla04:56 – 06:44
Varjyam05:32 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:56 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:44 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:31 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:19 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:07 – 13:54 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:54 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:42 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:30 – 19:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:17 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:30 – 21:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:42 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:54 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:07 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:19 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:31 – 03:44 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:44 – 04:56 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865389.27 · 5107.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453854.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9413° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)17.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.9413°) · declination 14.37° · EoT 2.64 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:2006-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)