पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 11, 2022 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 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra139.64°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala325.06°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha40.57°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra345.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani300.64°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:38 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:34 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:08 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:11 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 56 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 03 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:38 – 03:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:23 – 04:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta19:22 – 19:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:34 – 20:11
Amṛta Kāla19:19 – 21:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:06 – 13:58
Yamaganda06:30 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla10:14 – 12:06
Varjyam05:15 – 05:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:38 – 06:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:30 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:22 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:14 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:06 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:58 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:50 – 17:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:42 – 19:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:34 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:42 – 21:50 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:50 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:58 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:06 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:14 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:22 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:30 – 04:38 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871245.27
Julian Day2459710.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1653°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)115.38°
🪷 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 (24.1653°), declination 17.83°, 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: 2022-05-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)