पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 23, 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.34 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च

कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान्।

मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा

युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान्।।11.34।।
"11.34 Drona and Bheeshma, Jayadratha and Karna, and other brave warriors - I have condemned them all. Destroy them; fight and fear not. Thy foes shall be crushed."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya38.07°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra18.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.24°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha30.93°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.58°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra352.90°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani140.74°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:49 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:32 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:01 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 25 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 34 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:20 – 03:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:06 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:37 – 20:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:49 – 20:27
Amṛta Kāla19:34 – 21:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:14 – 10:10
Yamaganda14:02 – 15:57
Gulika Kāla04:23 – 06:19
Varjyam05:02 – 05:26
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:23 – 06:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:19 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:14 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:10 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:02 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:57 – 17:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:53 – 19:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:49 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:53 – 21:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:57 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:02 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:10 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:14 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:19 – 04:23 (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 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866509.27 · 5110.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454974.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9842° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)339.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9842°) · declination 20.57° · EoT 3.40 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:2009-05-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)