पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 21, 2011 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 18.66 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Carama-Śloka · The Supreme Verse
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः।।18.66।।
"18.66 Give up then thy earthly duties, surrender thyself to Me only. Do not be anxious; I will absolve thee from all thy sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.66's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.78°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra194.68°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala142.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha222.90°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.23°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra276.16°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani183.23°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:49 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:46 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:48 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:42
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:08 – 13:11
Yamaganda08:58 – 10:02
Gulika Kāla11:05 – 12:08
Varjyam08:16 – 08:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:55 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:58 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:02 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:05 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:08 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:11 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:14 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:17 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:21 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:17 – 20:14 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:14 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:11 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:08 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:05 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:02 – 05:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:58 – 07:55 (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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867451.27 · 5112.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455916.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0202° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)312.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (24.0202°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 1.38 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:2011-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)