पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 18, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.44°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra341.52°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.91°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha47.99°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati273.09°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra57.05°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani277.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:28 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:43 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:25 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:51 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 15 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 44 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:26 – 03:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:12 – 04:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:31 – 19:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:43 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:28 – 21:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:22 – 08:17
Yamaganda10:11 – 12:06
Gulika Kāla14:00 – 15:54
Varjyam05:06 – 05:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:28 – 06:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:22 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:17 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:06 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:00 – 15:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:54 – 17:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:49 – 19:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:43 – 20:49 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:49 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:54 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:00 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:06 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:17 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:22 – 04:28 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870522.27
Julian Day2458987.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1377°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)306.18°
🪷 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 (24.1377°), declination 19.62°, EoT 3.69 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: 2020-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)