पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 30, 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 12.15 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः।।12.15।।
"12.15 He who does not harm the world, and whom the world cannot harm, who is not carried away by any impulse of joy, anger or fear, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya15.83°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra253.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala12.91°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha2.51°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati52.79°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra24.01°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani193.80°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:46 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:10 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 25 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 34 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:55
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:43 – 17:31
Yamaganda08:30 – 10:18
Gulika Kāla12:07 – 13:55
Varjyam05:30 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:54 – 06:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:42 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:30 – 10:18 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:18 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:07 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:43 – 17:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:31 – 19:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:19 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:31 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:43 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:07 – 01:18 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:18 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:30 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:42 – 04:54 (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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867947.27
Julian Day2456412.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0392°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)235.11°
🪷 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 (24.0392°), declination 14.77°, EoT 2.79 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: 2013-04-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)