पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 29, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.12 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।
"2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will never be a time when we shall cease to be." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya15.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra290.44°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala90.25°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha28.99°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.86°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra4.06°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani127.52°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:18 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:40 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:16 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta19:06 – 19:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:18 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:03 – 20:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:42 – 17:30
Yamaganda08:31 – 10:19
Gulika Kāla12:07 – 13:55
Varjyam05:31 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:55 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:43 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:31 – 10:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:19 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:07 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:42 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:30 – 19:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:18 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:30 – 21:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:42 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:07 – 01:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:19 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:31 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:43 – 04:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866120.27
Julian Day2454585.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9693°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)278.49°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9693°), declination 14.53°, EoT 2.64 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2008-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)