पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 22, 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 6.33 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन।

एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्।।6.33।।
"6.33 Arjuna said: I do not see how I can attain this state of equanimity which Thou has revealed, owing to the restlessness of my mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.33'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 Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.08°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra264.22°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.18°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha236.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati222.90°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra259.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani120.73°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:03 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:39 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:48 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:14 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:42
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:05 – 12:08
Yamaganda14:15 – 15:18
Gulika Kāla08:59 – 10:02
Varjyam08:17 – 08:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:56 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:59 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:02 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:05 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:08 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:12 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:15 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:18 – 16:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:21 – 18:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:18 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:15 – 22:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:12 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:08 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:05 – 04:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:02 – 05:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:59 – 07:56 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865626.27 · 5107.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454091.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9504° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)17.13° · 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 (23.9504°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 0.91 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:2006-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)