पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 19, 2009 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.11°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra195.72°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala263.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha278.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.64°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra322.04°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani147.28°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:50 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:50 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:06 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:59 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 59 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 00 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:38 – 07:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:05 – 07:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta16:38 – 17:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:50 – 17:12
Amṛta Kāla16:35 – 18:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:58 – 10:05
Yamaganda11:13 – 12:20
Gulika Kāla13:27 – 14:35
Varjyam08:13 – 08:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:50 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:58 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:05 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:13 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:20 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:27 – 14:35 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:35 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:42 – 16:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:50 – 18:42 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:42 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:35 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:27 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:20 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:13 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:05 – 05:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:58 – 07:50 (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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866385.27 · 5110.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454850.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9794° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)277.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9794°) · declination -20.34° · EoT -10.66 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:2009-01-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)