पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 17, 2020 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 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya3.36°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra297.02°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.59°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha345.16°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra46.60°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani277.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:17 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:46 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:42 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 44 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 15 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:08 – 05:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:26 – 12:09
Yamaganda15:35 – 17:18
Gulika Kāla07:00 – 08:43
Varjyam05:51 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:17 – 07:00 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:00 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:43 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:26 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:09 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:52 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:35 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:18 – 19:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:01 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:18 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:35 – 22:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:52 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:09 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:26 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:43 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:00 – 05:17 (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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870491.27
Julian Day2458956.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1365°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.02°
🪷 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 (24.1365°), declination 10.58°, EoT 0.26 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: 2020-04-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)