पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 10, 2012 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 1.8 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः।

अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च।।1.8।।
"1.8 You come first; then Bheeshma, Karna, Kripa, great soldiers; Ashwaththama, Vikarna and the son of Somadhatta;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra94.01°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.71°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha248.35°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.58°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra300.70°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani184.51°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:33 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 40 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 19 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:47 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:13 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 16:59
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:27 – 15:32
Yamaganda10:07 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:17 – 13:22
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:56 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:01 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:07 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:17 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:22 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:27 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:32 – 16:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:37 – 18:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:32 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:27 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:22 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:17 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:07 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:01 – 07:56 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1867471.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455936.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0210° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.0210°) · declination -22.06° · EoT -7.50 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:2012-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)