पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 26, 2014 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 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya11.69°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra330.71°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.45°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha11.23°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati79.52°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra327.86°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani206.82°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:29 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:18 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 11 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 48 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:08 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:34 – 10:21
Yamaganda13:54 – 15:40
Gulika Kāla05:01 – 06:48
Varjyam05:37 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:01 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:48 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:34 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:21 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:07 – 13:54 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:54 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:40 – 17:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:27 – 19:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:13 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:27 – 21:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:40 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:54 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:07 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:21 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:34 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:48 – 05:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868308.27
Julian Day2456773.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0530°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.15°
🪷 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 (24.0530°), declination 13.43°, EoT 2.16 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: 2014-04-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)