पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 14, 2017 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 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya29.36°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra243.68°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala51.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha3.84°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.75°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra345.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani242.43°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:33 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:38 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:12 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:34 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 04 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 55 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:33 – 03:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:18 – 04:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:26 – 19:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:38 – 20:16
Amṛta Kāla19:23 – 21:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:45 – 19:38
Yamaganda12:06 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:52 – 17:45
Varjyam05:11 – 05:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:04 – 08:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:33 – 06:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:26 – 08:19 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:19 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:12 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:06 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:52 – 17:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:45 – 19:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:38 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:45 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:52 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:06 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:06 – 01:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:12 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:19 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:26 – 04:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869422.27
Julian Day2457887.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0956°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.56°
🪷 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 (24.0956°), declination 18.63°, EoT 3.76 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: 2017-05-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)