पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · April 22, 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 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7'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 Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya7.72°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra70.66°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala344.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha345.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.36°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra32.85°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शनि Śani343.97°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:23 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:17 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:16 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:08 – 13:53
Yamaganda06:53 – 08:38
Gulika Kāla10:23 – 12:08
Varjyam05:43 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:08 – 06:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:53 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:38 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:23 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:08 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:53 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:38 – 17:23 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:23 – 19:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:08 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:23 – 21:38 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:38 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:53 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:08 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:23 – 02:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:38 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:53 – 05:08 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872687.27
Julian Day2461152.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2205°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.88°
🪷 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 (24.2205°), declination 12.15°, EoT 1.40 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: 2026-04-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)