पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · January 24, 2013 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 10.16 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।

याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि।।10.16।।
"10.16 Please tell me all about Thy glorious manifestations, by means of which Thou pervadest the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.17°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra64.93°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala298.68°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha283.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.95°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra264.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani196.66°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:45 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:03 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:58 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:32 – 07:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:59 – 07:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:30 – 14:39
Yamaganda07:45 – 08:54
Gulika Kāla10:03 – 11:12
Varjyam08:08 – 08:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:45 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:54 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:03 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:12 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:30 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:39 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:48 – 16:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:57 – 18:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:48 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:39 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:30 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:12 – 04:03 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:03 – 05:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:54 – 07:45 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867851.27 · 5114.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456316.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0355° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0355°) · declination -19.20° · EoT -12.06 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:2013-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)