पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 10, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।

"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.5'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 Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	25.52°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra	25.75°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	20.29°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
बुध Budha	22.99°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	54.89°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra	36.32°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
शनि Śani	193.06°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:39 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:33 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	04:41 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	19:32 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 53 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 06 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:39 – 03:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:24 – 04:39
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:35 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:21 – 19:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:33 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla	19:18 – 21:03
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:36 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:14 – 12:06
Yamaganda	15:49 – 17:41
Gulika Kāla	06:30 – 08:22
Varjyam	05:16 – 05:40
Dur Muhūrta	08:07 – 08:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	04:39 – 06:30 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	06:30 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:22 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:14 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:06 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:57 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:49 – 17:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:41 – 19:33 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	19:33 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:41 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:49 – 22:57 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:57 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:06 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:14 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:22 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	03:30 – 04:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867957.27
Julian Day	2456422.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0396°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	1.84°

🪷 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 (24.0396°), declination 17.62°, EoT 3.68 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: 2013-05-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)