पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 24, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.16 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते।।15.16।।
"15.16 There are two aspects in Nature: the perishable and the imperishable. All life in this world belongs to the former, the unchanging element belongs to the latter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya38.99°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra13.68°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala57.90°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha13.88°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.12°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra353.31°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani241.83°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:22 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:50 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:17 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:32 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 28 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 31 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:18 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta19:38 – 20:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:50 – 20:29
Amṛta Kāla19:35 – 21:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:06 – 14:02
Yamaganda06:18 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla10:10 – 12:06
Varjyam05:01 – 05:25
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:22 – 06:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:18 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:14 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:10 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:06 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:02 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:58 – 17:54 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:54 – 19:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:50 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:54 – 21:58 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:58 – 23:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:02 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:06 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:10 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:14 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:18 – 04:22 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869432.27
Julian Day2457897.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0960°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)335.60°
🪷 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 (24.0960°), declination 20.77°, EoT 3.31 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: 2017-05-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)