पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · December 23, 2015 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 2.2 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्।

अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन।।2.2।।
"2.2 "The Lord said: My beloved friend! Why yield, just on the eve of battle, to this weakness which does no credit to those who call themselves Aryans, and only brings them infamy and bars against them the gates of heaven?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.79°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra35.03°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.22°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha265.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.02°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra206.93°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani225.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:24 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:40 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:49 – 07:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:14 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:09 – 13:12
Yamaganda08:59 – 10:03
Gulika Kāla11:06 – 12:09
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:56 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:59 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:03 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:06 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:09 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:12 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:15 – 15:18 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:18 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:22 – 18:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:18 – 20:15 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:15 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:12 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:09 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:06 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:03 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:59 – 07:56 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868914.27 · 5116.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457379.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0762° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)150.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.0762°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 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:2015-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)