पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 9, 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 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13'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 Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya24.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra226.64°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala302.77°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha29.34°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati273.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra57.17°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani277.79°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:40 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:32 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:15 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:52 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:41 – 03:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:25 – 04:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta19:20 – 19:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:32 – 20:09
Amṛta Kāla19:17 – 21:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:23 – 10:14
Yamaganda13:57 – 15:49
Gulika Kāla04:40 – 06:31
Varjyam05:17 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:40 – 06:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:31 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:23 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:14 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 13:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:57 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:49 – 17:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:40 – 19:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:32 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:40 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:49 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:57 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:14 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:23 – 03:31 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:31 – 04:40 (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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870513.27
Julian Day2458978.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1373°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)201.79°
🪷 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 (24.1373°), declination 17.44°, EoT 3.63 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: 2020-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)