पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 14, 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.11 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः।

भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि।।1.11।।
"1.11 Therefore in the rank and file, let stand firm in their posts, according to battalions; and all you generals about Bheeshma." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.15°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra20.71°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala158.88°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha229.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.67°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra273.56°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani204.26°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:51 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:17 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:53 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 28 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 31 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:43 – 07:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:08 – 07:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:58 – 11:01
Yamaganda13:08 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla07:51 – 08:54
Varjyam08:12 – 08:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Kāla07:51 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:54 – 09:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:58 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:01 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:05 – 13:08 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:08 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:12 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:15 – 16:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:19 – 18:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:15 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:12 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:08 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:05 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:01 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:58 – 05:54 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:54 – 07:51 (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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868175.27 · 5114.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456640.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0479° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)141.61° · 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 (24.0479°) · declination -23.21° · EoT 4.64 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:2013-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)