पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 5, 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 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra87.54°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.18°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha30.48°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.85°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra338.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani206.16°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:46 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:47 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:22 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:49 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 20:02
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:36 – 08:26
Yamaganda10:16 – 12:06
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:46
Varjyam05:23 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:46 – 06:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:36 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:26 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:16 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:06 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:56 – 15:46 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:46 – 17:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:36 – 19:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:26 – 20:36 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:36 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:46 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:56 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:06 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:16 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:26 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:36 – 04:46 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868317.27
Julian Day2456782.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0533°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)68.78°
🪷 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 (24.0533°), declination 16.18°, EoT 3.35 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: 2014-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)