पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · April 23, 1978 CE
🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच
किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।
अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।
अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Citrā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Vajra |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Ravivāra (Sunday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 8.99° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 187.27° | Tulā | Svātī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 101.39° | Karka | Puṣya P3 |
| बुध Budha | 351.92° | Mīna | Revatī P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 67.89° | Mithuna | Ārdrā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 31.55° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P2 |
| शनि Śani | 120.02° | Siṃha | Maghā P1 |
☀️ Boston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 04:52 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:33 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:43 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 18:16 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 04:55 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 41 Mins 36 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 18 Mins 24 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:02 – 03:57 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:43 – 04:52 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:15 – 12:10 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:00 – 14:54 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:21 – 18:45 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:33 – 19:08 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:18 – 20:03 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:15 – 00:10 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 16:51 – 18:33 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 11:43 – 13:25 |
| Gulika Kāla | 15:08 – 16:51 |
| Varjyam | 05:26 – 05:48 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:04 – 08:31 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Udveg | 04:52 – 06:35 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Chala | 06:35 – 08:17 (neutral) |
| Day-3 Labha | 08:17 – 10:00 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Amṛta | 10:00 – 11:43 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Kāla | 11:43 – 13:25 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Śubha | 13:25 – 15:08 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Roga | 15:08 – 16:51 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Udveg | 16:51 – 18:33 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Śubha | 18:33 – 19:51 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Roga | 19:51 – 21:08 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Udveg | 21:08 – 22:25 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Chala | 22:25 – 23:43 (neutral) |
| Night-5 Labha | 23:43 – 01:00 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Amṛta | 01:00 – 02:17 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Kāla | 02:17 – 03:35 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Śubha | 03:35 – 04:52 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga
These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).
| Kali Year | 5080 · Kali-5080 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1855156.27 · 5079.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2443621.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.5500° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 177.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30) |
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.5500°) · declination 12.35° · EoT 1.60 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1978-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)