पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 24, 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 5.27 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः।

प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ।।5.27।।
"5.27 Excluding external objects, his gaze fixed between the eyebrows, the inward and outward breathings passing equally through his nostrils;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya10.19°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra20.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.44°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha357.95°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati272.45°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra51.24°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani277.55°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:31 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:08 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:11 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:22 – 12:08
Yamaganda15:39 – 17:25
Gulika Kāla06:50 – 08:36
Varjyam05:39 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:04 – 06:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:50 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:36 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:22 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:08 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:53 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:39 – 17:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:25 – 19:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:11 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:25 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:39 – 22:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:53 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:08 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:22 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:36 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:50 – 05:04 (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)1870498.27
Julian Day2458963.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1367°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.57°
🪷 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 (24.1367°), declination 12.96°, EoT 1.80 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: 2020-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)