पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · July 18, 2007 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.12°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra134.06°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala22.35°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha71.00°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati227.31°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra127.18°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani120.06°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:29 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:01 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:25 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:48 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 31 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 28 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:25 – 03:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:12 – 04:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:53
Godhūli Muhūrta19:49 – 20:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:01 – 20:40
Amṛta Kāla19:46 – 21:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:15 – 14:12
Yamaganda06:26 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla10:19 – 12:15
Varjyam05:08 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:29 – 06:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:26 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:22 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:19 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:15 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:12 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:08 – 18:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha18:05 – 20:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg20:01 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala21:05 – 22:08 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:08 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:12 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:15 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:19 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:22 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:26 – 04:29 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865834.27 · 5108.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454299.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9584° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9584°) · declination 21.12° · EoT -5.86 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:2007-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)