पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 23, 2040 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.24 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः।क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम्।।18.24।।
"18.24 But even though an action involve the most strenuous endeavour, yet if the doer is seeking to gratify his desires, and is filled with personal vanity, it may be assumed to originate in Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2097 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1962 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1447
Malayalam Era: 1216
Nanakshahi: 571
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.12°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra315.22°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala160.43°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha135.06°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.25°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra148.35°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani164.55°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:20 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:16 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:25 – 04:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:07 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:39
Yamaganda05:16 – 07:00
Gulika Kāla08:44 – 10:28
Varjyam05:51 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:16 – 07:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:00 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:44 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:28 – 12:12 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:12 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:39 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:23 – 19:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:07 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:23 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:39 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:12 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:28 – 02:44 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:44 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:00 – 05:16 (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 Year5142 · Kali-5142
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877924.27 · 5141.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2466389.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4208° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.68° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.4208°) · declination 11.28° · EoT -2.27 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:2040-08-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)