पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 19, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.71°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra44.99°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala40.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha49.06°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati110.15°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra77.78°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani217.65°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:28 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:03 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:39 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 15 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 44 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:26 – 03:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:11 – 04:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:55 – 17:49
Yamaganda08:17 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 14:00
Varjyam05:06 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:28 – 06:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:22 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:17 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:00 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:55 – 17:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:49 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:44 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:49 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:55 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:00 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:17 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:22 – 04:28 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868696.27
Julian Day2457161.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0678°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.88°
🪷 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 (24.0678°), declination 19.66°, EoT 3.65 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: 2015-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)