पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 19, 2026 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 8.4 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्।

अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर।।8.4।।
"8.4 Matter consists of the forms that perish; Divinity is the Supreme Self; and He who inspires the spirit of sacrifice in man, O noblest of thy race, is I Myself, Who now stand in human form before thee." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya4.79°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra26.34°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala342.53°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha341.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.01°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra29.20°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani343.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:08 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:02 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 19:03
Yamaganda12:09 – 13:52
Gulika Kāla15:36 – 17:20
Varjyam05:48 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:14 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:57 – 08:41 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:41 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:25 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:52 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:36 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:03 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:36 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:52 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:25 – 02:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:41 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:57 – 05:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872684.27
Julian Day2461149.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2203°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)19.36°
🪷 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 (24.2203°), declination 11.12°, EoT 0.74 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: 2026-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)