पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 3, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 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: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya349.62°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra99.64°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala277.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha323.57°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati270.52°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra35.04°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani276.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:59 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:07 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 12:13
Yamaganda15:27 – 17:05
Gulika Kāla07:21 – 08:59
Varjyam06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:44 – 07:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:21 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:59 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:13 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:50 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:27 – 17:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:05 – 18:42 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:42 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:05 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:27 – 22:50 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:50 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:13 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:59 – 04:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:21 – 05:44 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870477.27
Julian Day2458942.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1359°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)113.35°
🪷 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 (24.1359°), declination 5.43°, EoT -3.71 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: 2020-04-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)