पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 26, 2008 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.16 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः।

तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्।।4.16।।
"4.16 What is action and what is inaction? It is a question which has bewildered the wise. But I will declare unto thee the philosophy of action, and knowing it, thou shalt be free from evil." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya129.21°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra66.40°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala160.12°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha151.49°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.40°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra150.30°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani136.59°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:02 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:57 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:36 – 17:19
Yamaganda08:45 – 10:28
Gulika Kāla12:11 – 13:54
Varjyam05:54 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:20 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:02 – 08:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:45 – 10:28 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:28 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:11 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:54 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:36 – 17:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:19 – 19:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:02 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:19 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:36 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:54 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:11 – 01:28 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:28 – 02:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:45 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:02 – 05:20 (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 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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866239.27 · 5109.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454704.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9738° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)298.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.9738°) · declination 10.34° · EoT -1.42 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:2008-08-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)