पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 2, 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17'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 Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.77°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra282.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala14.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha6.39°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati53.21°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra26.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani193.65°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:51 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:07 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:21 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 31 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 28 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:38 – 04:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:55 – 15:44
Yamaganda04:51 – 06:40
Gulika Kāla08:29 – 10:17
Varjyam05:27 – 05:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:51 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:40 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:29 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:17 – 12:06 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:06 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:55 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:44 – 17:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:33 – 19:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:22 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:33 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:44 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:55 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:06 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:17 – 02:29 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:29 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:40 – 04:51 (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 Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867949.27
Julian Day2456414.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0393°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)261.84°
🪷 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 (24.0393°), declination 15.38°, EoT 3.04 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: 2013-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)