पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · May 9, 2023 CE

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वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
अङ्गारक चतुर्थी · Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)Pan-Hindu
सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी · Saṅkaṣṭī CaturthīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।

"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa 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)	Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	24.01°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra	246.61°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	88.95°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
बुध Budha	12.80°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	4.07°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra	67.12°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1
शनि Śani	311.85°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:41 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:31 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:06 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	22:45 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	07:07 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 50 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 09 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:42 – 03:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:26 – 04:41
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:36 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:34 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:31 – 20:08
Amṛta Kāla	19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:36 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:48 – 17:39
Yamaganda	08:23 – 10:14
Gulika Kāla	12:06 – 13:57
Varjyam	05:18 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta	08:08 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	04:41 – 06:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:32 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:23 – 10:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:14 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:06 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:57 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:48 – 17:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:39 – 19:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:31 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:39 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:48 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:57 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:06 – 01:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:14 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:23 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:32 – 04:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°

Longitude: -122.3321°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871608.27
Julian Day	2460073.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1792°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	221.69°

🪷 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 (24.1792°), declination 17.24°, 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: 2023-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)