पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · August 16, 2098 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
🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.46 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके।

तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः।।2.46।।
"2.46 As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2155 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 2020 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1505
Malayalam Era: 1274
Nanakshahi: 629
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.56°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra342.15°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.59°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha100.63°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati124.23°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra160.35°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani153.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:20 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:51 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:24 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 13 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 46 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta19:08 – 19:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:20 – 19:56
Amṛta Kāla19:05 – 20:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:40 – 10:27
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:47
Gulika Kāla05:07 – 06:53
Varjyam05:42 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:07 – 06:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:53 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:40 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:27 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:13 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:00 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:47 – 17:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:33 – 19:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:20 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:33 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:47 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:00 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:13 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:27 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:40 – 03:53 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:53 – 05:07 (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 Year5200 · Kali-5200
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1899101.27 · 5199.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2487566.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.2307° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.07° · 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 (25.2307°) · declination 13.59° · EoT -3.97 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:2098-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)