पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 19, 2018 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.93°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra82.50°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala276.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha14.45°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.83°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra65.04°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani254.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:27 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:28 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:12 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 16 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 43 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:25 – 03:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:11 – 04:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:17 – 10:11
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:55
Gulika Kāla04:27 – 06:22
Varjyam05:06 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:27 – 06:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:22 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:17 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:00 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:55 – 17:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:49 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:44 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:49 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:55 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:00 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:17 – 03:22 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:22 – 04:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869792.27
Julian Day2458257.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1097°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.99°
🪷 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 (24.1097°), declination 19.72°, EoT 3.65 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: 2018-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)