पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · September 16, 2023 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.22 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-

न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।।2.22।।
"2.22 As a man discards his threadbare robes and puts on new, so the Spirit throws off Its worn-out bodies and takes fresh ones." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya148.75°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra159.47°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.13°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha133.59°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati21.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra110.19°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani308.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:49 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:43 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:55 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:38 – 15:12
Gulika Kāla05:46 – 07:21
Varjyam06:18 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:46 – 07:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:21 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:55 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:03 – 13:38 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:38 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:12 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:46 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:21 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:46 – 21:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:12 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:38 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:03 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:55 – 04:21 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:21 – 05:46 (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 Year5125 · Kali-5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871738.27 · 5124.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2460203.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1842° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.1842°) · declination 2.80° · EoT 5.87 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2023-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)