पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 7, 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 5.10 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः।

लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा।।5.10।।
"5.10 He who dedicates his actions to the Spirit, without any personal attachment to them, he is no more tainted by sin than the water lily is wetted by water." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.10'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 Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.34°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra280.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha356.31°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.33°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra50.61°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani254.62°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:45 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:56 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:45 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:05
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:34 – 08:25
Yamaganda10:15 – 12:06
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:47
Varjyam05:20 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:43 – 06:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:34 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:25 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:15 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:06 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:56 – 15:47 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:47 – 17:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:38 – 19:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:28 – 20:38 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:38 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:47 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:56 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:06 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:15 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:25 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:34 – 04:43 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869780.27
Julian Day2458245.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1093°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.85°
🪷 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 (24.1093°), declination 16.76°, EoT 3.51 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: 2018-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)