पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 29, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: धनतेरस / धन्वन्तरि जयन्ती — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayantī)
Birth of Dhanvantari from samudra-mathana with amṛta-kalaśa. Day 1 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya191.70°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra157.68°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala213.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha209.24°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.98°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra207.33°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani137.45°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

☀️ Boston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:43 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:10 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:13 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:20 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta16:31 – 16:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:43 – 17:09
Amṛta Kāla16:28 – 18:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:24 – 16:43
Yamaganda11:28 – 12:47
Gulika Kāla14:05 – 15:24
Varjyam06:39 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:13 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:32 – 08:50 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:50 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:09 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:28 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:47 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:05 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:24 – 16:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:43 – 18:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:24 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:05 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:47 – 23:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:28 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:09 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:50 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:32 – 06:13 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 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 — 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 Year5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855345.27 · 5079.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443810.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5572° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.5572°) · declination -13.27° · EoT 16.43 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:1978-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)