पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 29, 2010 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 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya14.63°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra201.48°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala107.59°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha14.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati329.57°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra40.53°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani154.44°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:17 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:46 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:22 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:01 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta19:05 – 19:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:17 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:02 – 20:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:42
Yamaganda04:56 – 06:44
Gulika Kāla08:31 – 10:19
Varjyam05:32 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:56 – 06:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:44 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:31 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:19 – 12:07 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:07 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:42 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:30 – 19:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:17 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:30 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:42 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:07 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:19 – 02:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:31 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:44 – 04:56 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866850.27
Julian Day2455315.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9972°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.39°
🪷 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 (23.9972°), declination 14.38°, 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: 2010-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)