पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 16, 2013 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 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya2.18°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra65.00°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.44°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha338.58°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra6.71°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani194.85°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:19 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:23 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:18 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 17:17
Yamaganda08:44 – 10:27
Gulika Kāla12:09 – 13:52
Varjyam05:53 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:19 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:02 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:44 – 10:27 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:27 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:09 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:52 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:34 – 17:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:17 – 19:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:00 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:17 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:34 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:52 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:09 – 01:27 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:27 – 02:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:44 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:02 – 05:19 (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 Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867933.27
Julian Day2456398.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0386°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.83°
🪷 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 (24.0386°), declination 10.12°, EoT 0.02 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: 2013-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)