पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 6, 2016 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 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya21.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra10.96°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha27.38°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra13.13°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani230.79°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:44 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:26 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:46 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:15 – 12:06
Yamaganda15:47 – 17:37
Gulika Kāla06:35 – 08:25
Varjyam05:21 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:44 – 06:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:35 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:25 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:15 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:06 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:56 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:47 – 17:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:37 – 19:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:28 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:37 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:47 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:56 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:06 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:15 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:25 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:35 – 04:44 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869049.27
Julian Day2457514.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0813°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.99°
🪷 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 (24.0813°), declination 16.61°, EoT 3.44 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: 2016-05-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)