पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 20, 2014 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra194.43°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.06°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha308.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.02°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra288.56°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani208.77°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:14 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:55 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:53 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:48 – 15:19
Yamaganda06:14 – 07:45
Gulika Kāla09:16 – 10:47
Varjyam06:44 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Śubha06:14 – 07:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:45 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:16 – 10:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:47 – 12:17 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:17 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:48 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:19 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:50 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:21 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:50 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:19 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:48 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:17 – 01:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:47 – 03:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:16 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:45 – 06:14 (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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868271.27 · 5115.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456736.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0516° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0516°) · declination -0.26° · EoT -8.15 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:2014-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)