पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 3, 2018 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 5.6 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।

योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।
"5.6 Without concentration, O Mighty Man, renunciation is difficult. But the sage who is always meditating on the Divine, before long shall attain the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya18.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra233.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala270.02°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha351.49°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.84°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra45.78°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani254.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:11 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:40 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:53 – 03:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:37 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:55 – 15:45
Yamaganda04:49 – 06:39
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 10:17
Varjyam05:26 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:49 – 06:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:39 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:28 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:17 – 12:06 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:06 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:55 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:45 – 17:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:34 – 19:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:23 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:34 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:45 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:55 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:06 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:17 – 02:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:28 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:39 – 04:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869776.27
Julian Day2458241.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1091°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.27°
🪷 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 (24.1091°), declination 15.61°, EoT 3.15 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: 2018-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)