पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 26, 2023 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.4 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः।।18.4।।

"18.4 O best of Indians! Listen to my judgment as regards this problem. It has a threefold aspect." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	11.39°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra	81.12°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	81.80°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
बुध Budha	20.34°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	1.00°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra	52.62°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शनि Śani	310.93°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:01 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:13 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	08:54 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:39 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 11 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 48 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:08 – 04:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:51 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:39 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:29 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:13 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla	18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:39 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:07 – 13:54
Yamaganda	06:48 – 08:34
Gulika Kāla	10:21 – 12:07
Varjyam	05:37 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta	08:20 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	05:01 – 06:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:48 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:34 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:21 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:07 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:54 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:40 – 17:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:26 – 19:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	19:13 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:26 – 21:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:40 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:54 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:07 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:21 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:34 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:48 – 05:01 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871595.27
Julian Day	2460060.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1787°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	70.52°

🪷 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 (24.1787°), declination 13.38°, EoT 2.16 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: 2023-04-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)